Syracuse, NY – After a highly competitive game between teams last week and potential exposure to coronavirus, Syracuse male basketball coach Jim Boeheim said he does not expect Orange to host Buffalo University for male basketball in the future. .
On his radio show at TK99 on Wednesday night, Boeheim expressed irritation at Buffalo’s small talk during Orange’s overtime victory, a tough game that required a 16 point recovery in the second half and an epic Alan block. Griffin to force overtime.
Boeheim said the Buffalo players had spoken nonsense during the game and later complained that they should have won.
“Buffalo spoke ill of the whole game,” said Boeheim. “They were talking badly after the game. Therefore, they will never play here again. We don’t need that and it’s not very representative of what you should be doing. They’re up there, ‘Well, we should have won.’ No. You play 40 minutes. Then you play an overtime. Who takes the lead at the end of the game is the team that must win. This is the team that should have won. Period.
“It doesn’t mean that you didn’t have a chance to win. But you didn’t win. To say that you should have won. … No one should say that. I try never to say that. I try to say that we could have won. We were in a position to win at Rutgers. We were three awake with five minutes left. … They made the plays along the straight and they are a very good team and we haven’t had two matches. “
Brian Wolff, Buffalo’s director of athletic communications for men’s basketball, declined to comment on Thursday.
The teams have played competitive and physical games in three of the past four seasons, with Orange winning two out of three. These were the first games between schools since 2001.
In 2017, Boeheim credited a victory over a quality Buffalo team for helping Orange in the NCAA tournament as one of the four large-scale final teams. SU ran for Sweet 16.
After Buffalo broke an 18-game losing streak against Syracuse the following year, former Buffalo coach Nate Oats, who has a reputation for expressing himself in ways that many coaches wouldn’t, has angered some by saying bluntly: “We are the best team . We play harder. ”
In addition to his thoughts on the previous game, Boeheim also provided an update on the SU program, which is currently paused due to contact tracking after the game against Buffalo, a process that resulted in the cancellation of three SU games in the next two weeks.
Orange’s next scheduled game is now January 6 against the state of Florida. Boeheim said Bourama Sidibe’s recovery from a broken meniscus is currently correct and SU hopes it will be available.
The Bulls had an undisclosed number of positive test results after the game. Now, an undisclosed number of Syracuse players are considered close contacts, meaning that they are required by the state of New York to be quarantined for 14 days.
Boeheim said Syracuse players can train during quarantine, but that it is limited to individual training with a player and a coach, and they must keep their distance and wear masks.
Boeheim declined to say whether Syracuse had tested positive since the Buffalo game, but expressed skepticism that the coronavirus would spread during athletic competitions.
He said that players stay close to each other only for a limited period of time. Based on the measurements taken by Syracuse during the Boston College game using wearable technology, Boeheim estimated that players spend only five minutes of real time next to each other.
Boeheim expressed his discontent with the determinations of Onondaga County and the New York State Department of Health about what circumstances should trigger contact tracking quarantines.
The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention define close contact as individuals who spend 15 minutes at six feet from each other in a 24-hour period. New York uses a more conservative 10-minute approach. In addition to these definitions, the World Health Organization includes individuals with direct physical contact with someone who is positive for any period of time.
“When you track contacts, you’re out,” said Boeheim. “Buffalo had a few cases. I don’t think it’s transferred to the court. But, unfortunately, no one agrees in the medical community. They think so. I don’t think you can. … We are close to a Buffalo player about five minutes. We had the chips against Boston College, so we know that we were close to a player for about five minutes. It must be 10 or 15, but they don’t agree with that. They think it is any contact. Woody (Newton) played four minutes and he is out. “
Boeheim also expressed frustration that New York City continues to require a 14-day quarantine for contact tracking, the longest of any state in the ACC’s coverage area.
Although the CDC says it remains the safest approach, it has updated its guidance to recognize the cost that the amount of quarantined time can bring to individuals and said that it considers the seven and ten day quarantines as practical and acceptable alternatives when certain conditions are met.
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