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Brent Axe chats live following Syracuse basketball's 84-71 win over Virginia Tech at the JMA Dome on Tuesday night.

Judah Mintz led Syracuse with 29 points in another offensive surge for the Orange. Syracuse has won four of its last five games and has scored over 80 points in each win. Is Syracuse playing its way back into NCAA Tournament contention as a result?

Axe gives his take on how SU has revived its offense but also expresses concern about getting its defense in order. Axe also reacts to some quotes from head coach Adrian Autry after the win and listens in to postgame sound from Judah Mintz, Quadir Copeland and Kyle Cuffe. 

Our Syracuse Sports Insiders helped shape the conversation with their questions and comments on SU's win over Virginia Tech. 

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The latest episode of Syracuse Sports is a "Ask Brent Anything" edition featuring questions exclusively from Syracuse Sports Insiders.

Who will stay and go from the Syracuse basketball roster? Can Fran Brown really coach? What is Brent's favorite sport to cover and his favorite SU team of all-time? What are Brent's Top 5 Springsteen songs. All those questions and more are answered in this edition of the pod.

Our Syracuse Sports Insiders helped shape the conversation with their questions for Brent.

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Brent Axe chats live following Syracuse basketball's 88-85 win over Notre Dame at the JMA Dome on Saturday afternoon. The Orange had to survive a furious second-half rally from the Irish to hold on for the win. Notre Dame out-scored SU in the 2nd half 56-39 after SU led 49-29 at halftime. Brent discusses what led to the defensive breakdown and how the Orange were able to build up a big enough lead in the first half by cashing in 31 points off turnovers.

It was Jim Boeheim Day at the Dome with several former players in attendance, video tributes played throughout the day, a Boeheim banner raised to the rafters and a speech by Boeheim to the Dome crowd after the game.

Brent also listens in to postgame sound from Coach Autry, Chris Bell, and Judah Mintz and reacts to opinions from our Syracuse Sports Insiders.

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Syracuse.com's Brent Axe chats live following a 87-83 win for Syracuse basketball over NC State.

Mike Waters joins Brent to discuss how SU had to hang on for a win over the Wolfpack after building a 15-point halftime lead in Raleigh. Chris Bell scored 26 first-half points but did not score in the 2nd half. Quadir Copeland had 25 points for the Orange and was clutch for SU down the stretch. The Orange made 18-of-19 free throws against NC State. 

Brent and Mike discussed the roller coaster ride a win like this was for Syracuse and the differences between the two halves of basketball. Mike also tells us why Chance Westry and William Patterson likely won't be getting on the court this season. 

Our Syracuse Sports Insiders helped shape the conversation with their insights and opinions shared with Brent both during and after the game. 

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On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports presented by Crouse Health, syracuse.com's Brent Axe and Emily Leiker catch up with new SU football offensive coordinator Jeff Nixon.

Jeff tells Brent and Emily why he took the job at Syracuse and about his memories of Syracuse football and connection with former OC George DeLeone. Nixon also lays out what his vision is for the Syracuse offense, describes the attributes transfer QB Kyle McCord brings to the offense, what RB LeQuint Allen can learn from some of the players he has coached in the NFL, his recruiting philosophy, what the Tommy DeVito experience was like with the Giants and some of his favorite things about living in Syracuse so far.

Brent and Emily also discuss recent SU football news on WR Damien Alford being dismissed from the team, the abrupt departure of recruiting coordinator Khalil Ahmad from the staff and the 2024 spring football schedule and date of the spring game.

Our Syracuse Sports Insiders helped shape the conversation with Jeff Nixon with their suggestions on what to ask the new SU offensive coordinator.

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Brent Axe chats live following Syracuse basketball's 86-79 victory over No. 7 North Carolina at the Dome. It was Syracuse's first win over a Top 10 team since defeating Duke in January of 2019. 

The Orange got a powerhouse performance from its backcourt with Judah Mintz (25) and JJ Starling (23) combining for 48 points. The Orange shot 63% against the Tar Heels, the first time UNC has allowed a team over 60% since 2015. Can this performance carry over through the rest of the season and how did it show Syracuse growing up as a team?

The students stormed the court at the Dome. Axe talked about why SU fans saying "act like you've been there before" need to get over it but does call out some other questionable behavior by the students during the game. 

Brent also played back some audio from the locker room from Coach Autry, Judah Mintz and JJ Starling and reacted to opinions and comments from Syracuse Sports Insiders about the game. 

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Brent Axe chats live following Syracuse basketball's 77-68 loss to Clemson on Saturday afternoon at the Dome. 

Joe Girard made his return to the Dome and led the Tigers in scoring with 18 points. Syracuse fans certainly let Girard have it in terms of the boo birds (mostly from the student section) but Girard not only led Clemson in scoring, he reached 2,000 career points at the Dome on Saturday. Syracuse got back in the game in the 2nd half with a better defensive effort that led to 21 turnovers for Clemson, but couldn't get over the hump at the end. SU continues to have issues in the paint as it was out-rebounded 41-24. The Orange got out-rebounded 40-21 by Louisville on Wednesday. 

Brent also played back some audio from the locker room from Coach Autry, Quadir Copeland and Justin Taylor and reacted to opinions and comments from Syracuse Sports Insiders about the game. 

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Brent Axe chats live following Syracuse basketball's 94-92 win over Louisville at the JMA Wireless Dome. 

It's been an emotional week for Syracuse following Coach Adrian Autry's passionate press conference following SU's blowout loss to Wake Forest on Saturday and the news that junior forward Benny Williams had been dismissed from the team on Tuesday. 

The Orange got away with one against Louisville as a goaltending call at the end of the game came under review and did not appear to be the right call. It was upheld and Syracuse got the win. Chris Bell dropped a career-high 30 points on Louisville and made a key defensive stop at the end of the game.  

You'll also hear sound from the Syracuse locker room from Autry, Quadir Copeland and Chris Bell and Brent reacting to opinions and comments from Syracuse Sports Insiders about the game. 

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Brent Axe and Mike Waters discuss the dismissal of Benny Williams from the Syracuse University men's basketball team.

Brent and Mike discuss why head coach Adrian Autry made the move now with nine games to go, recap a series of incidents involving Williams and how the Syracuse lineup adjusts without him. 

Brent and Mike also reacts to opinions and comments from Syracuse Sports Insiders about the dismissal of Benny Williams.  

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Brent Axe talks live following Syracuse basketball's 99-70 blowout loss at Wake Forest.

The loss was so bad in the eyes of the head coach that he apologized for his team's performance at the postgame press conference. Was there anything to take away from SU's loss to Wake? Autry says there was "nothing." We discuss the issues Syracuse continues to have on the defensive end, with ball movement and why it has lost my big margins so often this season. 

Brent also reacts to opinions and comments from Syracuse Sports Insiders about the game. 

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