New Syracuse men's basketball coach Adrian Autry made his first big splash in recruiting this week, and it came via the transfer portal.

On this week's episode of "The Orange Zone Podcast" presented by Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux, Tommy Sladek and Samantha Croston discuss what the commitment of former Baldwinsville standout and Notre Dame guard JJ Starling means for the program's first year under Autry. Of course basketball season isn't over and done with yet with the women's team preparing for the first round of the WNIT, and that puts Felisha Legette-Jack in some rare air at SU.

Elsewhere the Orange women's lacrosse team eyes a record-setting start, and the men's team continues to show promise even if the results aren't what they'd like.

It's an all-encompassing episode of "The Orange Zone Podcast" with plenty of more action to come when the calendar turns to spring.

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