Syracuse Sports

Brent Axe chats live following Syracuse basketball's 91-83 win over Northeastern.   Free Throws Mattered! SU was 34-of-48 from the charity stripe and anytime SU shoots 70% from the free throw line, you'll take it.  With the Yin comes the Yang and SU's defense was lacking against 4-6 Northeastern, allowing 52 points in the second half and getting outscored in the paint by the Huskies.  Brent Axe di...

Brent Axe reacts live to Syracuse basketball's 76-62 win over Mercyhurst at the JMA Dome on Wednesday night. Axe discusses how SU head coach Adrian Autry claimed at his postgame press conference that "there's nothing wrong with the offense" even though SU fans have struggled to grasp what his offensive philosophy is. The numbers don't bear out his claims either as SU ranks 118th in KenPom in offen...

Syracuse basketball's 70-69 loss to Hofstra was inexcusable. But so was the officiating in that game. As Brent Axe describes in a live edition of Syracuse Sports, both things things can be true and were factors in the loss at the JMA Dome on Saturday night. Axe also comes back to the Groundhog Day topic of SU's poor free-throw shooting (which is literally the worst in Division I basketball at 56.8...

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's 71-63 win over St. Joseph's at the JMA Dome on Thursday night.  It wasn't a pretty game at all for the Orange, who got worked in the paint (St. Joe's out-rebounded SU 44-34) and just couldn't find a rhythm on offense.  Axe described the combination of factors that led to such a blah night at the Dome. SU had 9 days off entering the game. It was a late 9 p.m o...

The Syracuse football defense finished 128th in the country in scoring defense during the 2025 season, giving up 34.9 points per game.  Enter Vince Kehres.  SU head coach Fran Brown hired Kehres from Toledo as his new coordinator, where he led a defense that finished 4th in the country in scoring defense in giving up just 12.7 ppg.  Brent Axe chats with Dave Briggs of the Toledo Blade to discuss K...

Syracuse.com's Brent Axe, Chris Carlson and Javon Edmonds discuss SU football signing day and the recent coaching moves made by Syracuse head coach Fran Brown. Calvin Russell, a five-star WR from Miami Northwestern who made a high-profile verbal commitment to Syracuse football in July, announced he would not sign his national letter of intent on the first day of the Early Signing Period. Brent, Ja...

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's 62-60 win over No. 13 Tennessee at the JMA Dome on Tuesday night.  SU earned a much-needed signature non-conference win by taking down the Vols at the JMA Dome on Tuesday night. Not only for its NCAA Tournament resume, but to show the Orange fanbase and itself it could punch up and win a big game like this after losing three straight games to ranked teams in...

Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds recap Syracuse football's 34-12 loss to Boston College at the JMA Dome.  As for the loss to BC itself, there really wasn't much to reflect on beyond another anemic performance from the Orange offense and the SU defense getting gashed for 433 yards by a 1-10 football team. Javon and Brent focused most of the conversation on the offseason and 5 things Fran Brown has to do...

On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe catches up with Rob Konrad, the last man to wear the legendary No. 44 for Syracuse Football. Brent and Rob discuss the new "Legend of 44" display at the JMA Dome featuring a collection of 44 memorabilia, jerseys, cleats, helmets and more donated by Konrad. They also discuss what Konrad thinks of the current state of SU football, the world of NIL...

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's 95-64 loss to Iowa State in Las Vegas.  After trailing by just one point at halftime, the Orange got blasted by the Cyclones in the second half (60-30) who went on to thump Syracuse by 31 points.  Axe discussed how SU's 3-game stop in Las Vegas starting off promising but turned into a complete bust and how that reflects on SU head coach Adrian Autry (hint: no...

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's 80-71 loss to Kansas in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.  Syracuse failed to find an offensive rhythm or go-to guy with Donnie Freeman on the bench with an injury for the 2nd straight game. SU shot 32% (20-63) with a 7-30 (23%) mark from 3-point range against the Jayhawks. SU struggled from the free throw line against Kansas, shooting 13-23 (56.5%). Kiyan Anthony...

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse basketball's 78-74 loss to Houston in overtime at the Player's Era Festival in Las Vegas. #FreeThrowsMatter always, but SU's 12-of-29 (41%) performance at the stripe against the Cougars in Las Vegas was especially costly, tossing aside what would have been a major non-conference win for SU's NCAA Tournament resume. There were still a lot of positives to take away from the...

Brent Axe and Chris Carlson breakdown Syracuse football's 70-7 debacle in South Bend on Saturday afternoon. With all due respect to the mighty Union College 75-0 victory over Syracuse in 1891, Axe says Saturday's game was the worst loss in the 136-year history of Syracuse football all things considered. So does SU fix this after a season that has gone off the rails? Axe and Carlson sort through th...

Viva Las Vegas! On this episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe brings on Joseph Durate from the Houston Chronicle and Henry Greenstein from KUsports.com to preview SU's big matchups in Las Vegas with two of the best programs in college basketball. Music provided by Level:Memory Do you want to feature your original music on Syracuse Sports? Email Brent at baxe@syracuse.com to find out how! The conve...

On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe chats with former Notre Dame offensive lineman Mike Golic Jr. Golic Jr. now of "Golic and Golic" on Fanduel Sports Network, TNT Sports and "The Echoes" pod, and Axe discuss what to do in South Bend for a first-time visitor, why Irish RB Jeremiyah Love deserves more Heisman buzz, why CJ Carr won Notre Dame's QB competition over Steve Angeli, a lit...

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, app...

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 w...

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 f...

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 K...

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...

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 noti...

Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds recap Syracuse football's 27-10 loss to North Carolina at the JMA Dome on Halloween night. Syracuse just cannot find any answers at quarterback as Rickie Collins was benched for Joe Filardi, who was 4-of-18 for 39 yards against the Tar Heels, and Luke Carney who didn't have a pass attempt. Axe and Edmonds discuss the strange hesitancy of SU to allow Luke Carney to throw...

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...

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.  Br...

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...