Boeheim’s Army has added another familiar Syracuse name to its 2026 TBT roster, with former Orange forward Cole Swider reportedly set to suit up for the summer run.
Swider is listed on the Boeheim’s Army roster on the event’s website, joining a group that now features six Syracuse alums. The 6-foot-8 forward played one season for the Orange after three years at Villanova, and his lone year in Syracuse was a productive one.
During the 2021-22 campaign, Swider averaged 13.9 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 44.0 percent from the field, 41.1 percent from 3-point range and 86.6 percent at the free-throw line.
He went undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft, but has remained in pro basketball since then, spending most of that time in the NBA G League. In 2025-26, he played for Anadolu Efes in Istanbul, Turkey, where he competed in the Basketbol Süper Ligi and the EuroLeague.
That season, Swider appeared in 30 games and made three starts. He averaged 9.0 minutes, 5.3 points and 1.1 rebounds per game while shooting 51.0 percent overall, 48.1 percent from deep and 94.7 percent from the line.
Boeheim’s Army will open its 2026 TBT run later this month, and the event has a different look this year. Fourteen teams will compete for a winner-take-all $2 million prize.
The Syracuse-based squad has a strong track record in the tournament. Boeheim’s Army is 27-10 all-time in TBT and won the event in 2021, taking home $1 million.
The roster announced so far includes:
Forward Cole Swider
Shooting guard Buddy Boeheim
Guard Eric Devendorf
Forward Jimmy Boeheim
Wing Elijah Hughes
Wing Wes Johnson
More roster additions are expected, along with the team’s head coach.
Boeheim’s Army opens the 2026 tournament with a best-of-three series against a Seton Hall alumni team called Hall In. The first game is set for Tuesday, July 21, in South Orange, N.J., before the teams meet again on Thursday, July 23, in Syracuse, N.Y. If they split the first two games, a deciding third game would be played Friday, July 24, in Syracuse.
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