Boeheim’s Army is set to open its run toward a second TBT title with a three-game series against Hall In, the Seton Hall alumni team, from July 21-24.
Game 1 is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET at Walsh Gym on the Seton Hall campus and will air live on FS1.
This year’s Boeheim’s Army roster includes six former Syracuse players, and each one left the Orange with at least one signature memory worth revisiting.
Buddy Boeheim’s Syracuse career stretched across all four seasons, and he finished with a 14.6-point scoring average. His top statistical year came as a senior, when he led the ACC at 19.2 points per game and logged 38 minutes a night.
But the defining moment came in the opening round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament, when he lit up SDSU for 30 points and hit 7 of 10 from 3-point range. That performance helped launch Syracuse into the Sweet 16.
Jimmy Boeheim arrived in Syracuse after three years at Cornell and spent his final college season with the Orange. His biggest game came in the second round of the 2022 ACC tournament, when he scored 28 points in a loss to Duke.
He played the full 40 minutes in what turned out to be the last game of his career, and his work across the first-round win over FSU and the Duke game earned him All-ACC Tourney honors.
Cole Swider’s path took him from Villanova to Syracuse for the final season of his college career, and his most memorable Orange performance came against UNC. In an overtime loss on the road, he poured in 36 points, hit 7 of 10 3s and stayed on the floor for 43 of the game’s 45 minutes while trying to drag Syracuse to a win.
Elijah Hughes began at East Carolina, sat out a transfer year, and then landed at Syracuse for the 2018-19 season. He later averaged an ACC-best 19 points per game in his second year with the Orange, but his signature moment came earlier, in that 2018-19 campaign.
Against Duke at Cameron Indoor in mid-January, Hughes scored 20 points in an overtime Syracuse win. The game also featured his 75-foot buzzer shot that trimmed the Blue Devils’ lead from four to one at halftime.
Wes Johnson spent two years at Iowa State before finishing his college career at Syracuse, where he made an immediate impact. He averaged 16.2 points per game and posted a slash line of .502/.415/.772.
His trophy case included 2009-10 Big East Player of the Year, and he was eventually selected fourth overall in the 2010 NBA Draft.
His top moment in Orange came against Gonzaga in the round of 32, when he delivered 31 points on 11 of 16 shooting and grabbed 14 rebounds in Syracuse’s 87-65 win.
Eric Devendorf was a four-year Orange mainstay, playing 116 games and averaging 14.5 points per game while building a reputation as a fearless scorer.
His most famous memory came in the 2009 ACC tournament’s 6-OT thriller against UConn at MSG, one of the wildest college games ever played. Devendorf logged 61 of the game’s 70 minutes and scored 22 points to help Syracuse win.
The moment everyone remembers from that night is his regulation buzzer-beater and the celebration on the scorer’s table. The shot was waved off, but it still lives on as part of the game’s legend.
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