Syracuse Sports

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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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!

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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. 

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Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds recap Syracuse football's 27-10 loss to North Carolina at the JMA Dome on Halloween night.

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On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe offers an opening commentary on the first two SU basketball exhibition games and the impending quarterback shuffle Fran Brown is about to play with Orange football. 

Then Axe chats with Joe Giglio of the "Ovies and Giglio Podcast" about the Bill Belichick experiment at North Carolina and to preview the Syracuse-UNC game at the JMA Dome on Friday night. 

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On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, former Orange great, TV commentator, podcaster and community advocate Eric Devendorf previews the upcoming 2025-26 Syracuse men's basketball season with Brent Axe.

Devo tells Brent what he has seen in practice and exhibition play so far, how this team will allow Adrian Autry to coach the way he wants and where the noticeable upgrades are on the roster. 

Brent then has some fun with Syracuse Sports Insiders Stan, Brian and Matt to guess some over/unders on the Orange for upcoming season including SU's win total (20), JJ Starling's scoring average (17.8 ppg) and a few more intriguing numbers. 

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Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds break down Syracuse football's 41-16 loss to Georgia Tech in Atlanta. 

Will SU fans hang in there for the last four games of the season or just move on to basketball?

Brent and Javon discuss how SU  had its chances early in the game with the ball on the 1-yard line off a Georgia Tech fumble and some other Yellow Jackets mistakes but just couldn't take advantage. 

While QB Rickie Collins did not throw any interceptions and showed improved use of his legs, he still failed to some any kind of consistency in generating offense when SU needed it. Is he truly the only option in the SU QB room? 

Axe and Edmonds also discuss the Orange defense taking a big step back after showing a new attitude in the prior 2 games in allowing GT QB Haynes King to throw for over 300 yards with 5 touchdowns (3 passing, 2 rushing). 

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