Syracuse Sports

Syracuse basketball's 70-69 loss to Hofstra was inexcusable. But so was the officiating in that game. As Brent Axe describes in a live edition of Syracuse Sports, both things things can be true and were factors in the loss at the JMA Dome on Saturday night. Axe also comes back to the Groundhog Day topic of SU's poor free-throw shooting (which is literally the worst in Division I basketball at 56.8%) being an achilles heel that will cost SU more games if it doesn't improve. Axe also reacts to soundbites from Adrian Autry, Kiyan Anthony, JJ Starling and more pus checks in with Syracuse Sports Insiders to get their take on the loss. The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders. Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up at joinsubtext.com/syracusesports to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's 71-63 win over St. Joseph's at the JMA Dome on Thursday night.  It wasn't a pretty game at all for the Orange, who got worked in the paint (St. Joe's out-rebounded SU 44-34) and just couldn't find a rhythm on offense.  Axe described the combination of factors that led to such a blah night at the Dome. SU had 9 days off entering the game. It was a late 9 p.m on a snowy night in Syracuse. Players had exams this week and a few were under the weather. As Axe discussed, that doesn't excuse a few concerning patterns the Orange have with a lack of offensive identity and its terrible free-throw shooting, but at least they were able to dig deep and grind out a win.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up at joinsubtext.com/syracusesports to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Syracuse football defense finished 128th in the country in scoring defense during the 2025 season, giving up 34.9 points per game.  Enter Vince Kehres.  SU head coach Fran Brown hired Kehres from Toledo as his new coordinator, where he led a defense that finished 4th in the country in scoring defense in giving up just 12.7 ppg.  Brent Axe chats with Dave Briggs of the Toledo Blade to discuss Kehres championship background, how he built a defensive juggernaut at Toledo and what Syracuse fans can expect from the new DC. Axe opens the show by answering some questions from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up at joinsubtext.com/syracusesports to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. Music provided by Checks and Exes Would you like your independent musi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Syracuse.com's Brent Axe, Chris Carlson and Javon Edmonds discuss SU football signing day and the recent coaching moves made by Syracuse head coach Fran Brown. Calvin Russell, a five-star WR from Miami Northwestern who made a high-profile verbal commitment to Syracuse football in July, announced he would not sign his national letter of intent on the first day of the Early Signing Period. Brent, Javon and Chris discuss the impact of Russell's delayed decision and what it would mean if Fran Brown can't get him over the finish line.  Brent, Chris and Javon also discuss what stands out in the recruiting Class of 2026,  recent coaching changes made by Brown and the unique news that 25-year-old rapper Toosii has committed to SU football.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up at joinsubtext.com/syracusesports to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's 62-60 win over No. 13 Tennessee at the JMA Dome on Tuesday night.  SU earned a much-needed signature non-conference win by taking down the Vols at the JMA Dome on Tuesday night. Not only for its NCAA Tournament resume, but to show the Orange fanbase and itself it could punch up and win a big game like this after losing three straight games to ranked teams in Las Vegas at the Players' Era Festival.  Axe discusses how the defensive presence of William Kyle III (and surprisingly his free throws!) helped lift SU to victory along with a strong first half by Nate Kingz with 19 points and JJ Starling stepping up as a senior leader.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up at joinsubtext.com/syracusesports to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds recap Syracuse football's 34-12 loss to Boston College at the JMA Dome.  As for the loss to BC itself, there really wasn't much to reflect on beyond another anemic performance from the Orange offense and the SU defense getting gashed for 433 yards by a 1-10 football team. Javon and Brent focused most of the conversation on the offseason and 5 things Fran Brown has to do to get SU football back on track.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up at joinsubtext.com/syracusesports to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe catches up with Rob Konrad, the last man to wear the legendary No. 44 for Syracuse Football. Brent and Rob discuss the new "Legend of 44" display at the JMA Dome featuring a collection of 44 memorabilia, jerseys, cleats, helmets and more donated by Konrad. They also discuss what Konrad thinks of the current state of SU football, the world of NIL in college football and if Konrad thinks the 44 should be un-retired and put back on the field. The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's 95-64 loss to Iowa State in Las Vegas.  After trailing by just one point at halftime, the Orange got blasted by the Cyclones in the second half (60-30) who went on to thump Syracuse by 31 points.  Axe discussed how SU's 3-game stop in Las Vegas starting off promising but turned into a complete bust and how that reflects on SU head coach Adrian Autry (hint: not great). Axe also talks about how SU's next game at Tennessee becomes an absolute must-win for the Orange and how no player stepped up enough to lead in Donnie Freeman's absence.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's 80-71 loss to Kansas in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.  Syracuse failed to find an offensive rhythm or go-to guy with Donnie Freeman on the bench with an injury for the 2nd straight game. SU shot 32% (20-63) with a 7-30 (23%) mark from 3-point range against the Jayhawks. SU struggled from the free throw line against Kansas, shooting 13-23 (56.5%). Kiyan Anthony was 2-12 against the Jayhawks, including 0-6 from 3-point range. Axe explains on the show how SU head coach Adrian Autry has to be careful with how much of a green light Anthony gets on offense if he's taking bad shots and doesn't have a noticeable matchup advantage.  Axe also discussed how SU's losses to Houston and Kansas in Las Vegas put on added importance to SU's upcoming non-conference game against Tennessee at the JMA Dome.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's 78-74 loss to Houston in overtime at the Player's Era Festival in Las Vegas. #FreeThrowsMatter always, but SU's 12-of-29 (41%) performance at the stripe against the Cougars in Las Vegas was especially costly, tossing aside what would have been a major non-conference win for SU's NCAA Tournament resume. There were still a lot of positives to take away from the game and Axe discussed those with plenty of feedback from Syracuse Sports Insiders! Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe and Chris Carlson breakdown Syracuse football's 70-7 debacle in South Bend on Saturday afternoon. With all due respect to the mighty Union College 75-0 victory over Syracuse in 1891, Axe says Saturday's game was the worst loss in the 136-year history of Syracuse football all things considered. So does SU fix this after a season that has gone off the rails? Axe and Carlson sort through the rubble to see if SU's incoming youth movement, with over 30 players committed in the Class of 2026, and their targets in the transfer portal can fix the problem.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime.  https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Viva Las Vegas! On this episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe brings on Joseph Durate from the Houston Chronicle and Henry Greenstein from KUsports.com to preview SU's big matchups in Las Vegas with two of the best programs in college basketball. Music provided by Level:Memory Do you want to feature your original music on Syracuse Sports? Email Brent at baxe@syracuse.com to find out how! The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe chats with former Notre Dame offensive lineman Mike Golic Jr. Golic Jr. now of "Golic and Golic" on Fanduel Sports Network, TNT Sports and "The Echoes" pod, and Axe discuss what to do in South Bend for a first-time visitor, why Irish RB Jeremiyah Love deserves more Heisman buzz, why CJ Carr won Notre Dame's QB competition over Steve Angeli, a little lacrosse and have fun with Golic's affinity for unique flavors of Oreo cookies.  Music provided by https://www.youtube.com/@UChBJvFBEvaIve4o52SWNr_g  Do you want to feature your original music on Syracuse Sports? Email Brent at baxe@syracuse.com to find out how! The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime.  https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's 78-73 win over Monmouth on Tuesday night at the JMA Dome. The good news is SU survived a late scare by Monmouth and escaped with the win to improve to 4-0.  The bad news is Syracuse has an issue at the free throw line, shooting 58% (19-33) against the Hawks.  SU senior guard JJ Starling really struggled at the line in his return to the lineup with injury, appearing to have a glitch in his shooting stroke and as Starling told Axe in the locker room after the game, a mental and focus issue he needs to overcome at the charity stripe.  Axe discusses the concern of trusting Starling, a player who thrives in driving to the rim, with the ball in late-game situations if his free-throw shooting is broken.  Axe also discusses the key differences that have emerged between this year's Orange team and last, SU's late-start rebounding issues and other items it needs to button up before facing Houston and Kansas in Las Vegas next week.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime.  https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's 80-50 win over Drexel in Philadelphia.  SU went to halftime with just a 5-point lead over Drexel (37-32) and was out-rebounded 19-9 in the first half, but dropped the hammer on the Dragons in the 2nd half, out-scoring Drexel 43-18 and out-rebounding the Dragons 27-20.  Brent also examines what Coach Red Autry should do when JJ Starling returns to the lineup with Kiyan Anthony playing so well in his absence and discusses SU's renewed commitment to defense and how much more watchable and fun the Orange have been so far this season compared to last.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime.  https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Syracuse football's 2025 season is officially a wash with a losing record guaranteed and no bowl game awaiting the Orange for the first time since 2021.  It's time to look to the future and three guests join Brent Axe on the latest episode of Syracuse Sports to do so.  Marcus Benjamin of Rivals updates Axe on WR Calvin Russell and Safety Tedarius Hughes, two of SU's biggest Class of 2026 commits from Miami, and why SU has had success in the fertile recruiting grounds of Florida.  Chris Carlson of syracuse.com then tells Axe about his conversation with SU 4-star commit DE Kamron Wilson and how he's trying to assure SU fans that he and some of SU's biggest commits will remain loyal to Fran Brown and the Orange and won't flip elsewhere. Brent and Chris also discuss how Syracuse is going to need to adjust its transfer portal strategy  Finally, Mike McAllister of 247 Sports updates Axe on how SU will close out one of its highest-rated recruiting classes in years, why Fran Brown has been touting that class and if there are any recruiting commits for Syracuse to flip or that could be flipped from Syracuse to another school. Moonlight, Sunshine and Rain" provided by Mike Powell.  https://www.youtube.com/@UCGFwLuGZzkIo6vKxg8kw6Zw  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime.  https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's win over Delaware State and SU football's blowout loss to Miami on a live edition of Syracuse Sports.  The Orange basketball team crushed Delaware State 83-43 on Saturday. Axe discusses how Kiyan Anthony stepped in seamlessly to the starting lineup, the needed dynamic William Kyle III brings to the floor, SU's renewed focus on defense. You'll also hear from Kiyan Anthony, Naithan George and William Kyle.  Football was a different story as Syracuse got blasted by Miami 38-10. Javon Edmonds and Axe discuss what went wrong at Miami after the game was close in the first half, the growing youth movement on the Orange roster and what to expect in the next two games after the Orange's upcoming bye week.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football and basketball postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest episode of Syracuse Sports is an "Axe Brent Anything!" episode where Syracuse Sports Insiders take over the show and ask Brent questions about SU sports, food, beer, music, movies and more! Brent answers questions about his first movie crush, picks an all-time SU team he's always wanted to put together, discusses what inspired him to get into media, what his dream car would be and much more! Do you want your original music featured on Syracuse Sports? Email Brent at baxe@syracuse.com to find out how. The conversation on Syracuse Sports and our live Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today!  Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe recap's Syracuse basketball's 85-47 win over Binghamton in the 2025-26 season opener. The Orange brought some fun back to the JMA Dome with some up-and-down play, lots of dunks, great defense and a total of five players in double figures.  Axe discusses Kiyan Anthony's impressive debut and the three-level scoring he brings to the table. Donnie Freeman's return with 20 points and the noticeable difference between the first game this season vs. a nail-biter against Le Moyne last year.  Axe also updates JJ Starling's injury (Starling left Monday's game with a leg injury) plus you'll hear from SU head coach Adrian Autry, Freeman and Anthony.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds recap Syracuse football's 27-10 loss to North Carolina at the JMA Dome on Halloween night. Syracuse just cannot find any answers at quarterback as Rickie Collins was benched for Joe Filardi, who was 4-of-18 for 39 yards against the Tar Heels, and Luke Carney who didn't have a pass attempt. Axe and Edmonds discuss the strange hesitancy of SU to allow Luke Carney to throw the ball, what offensive veterans must be thinking with an offense stuck in neutral and the continued tackling issues and breakdowns on defense. The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders. Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices