Syracuse Basketball: Swagger leads Buddy Boeheim to ACC recognition

Syracuse basketball stud Buddy Boeheim has a newfound swagger. That led him to ACC honors after Buddy’s thrilling performance vs Virginia Tech.

Buddy Boeheim was a little kid sharing in the success of his Hall of Fame father, Jim in the early 2000s. Now in 2020, he’s becoming a man.

On Monday Buddy was named the ACC Player of the Week becoming the first Orange player to earn that honor this season.

This recognition was earned by Buddy thanks to a stellar pair of performances that not only turned around the Syracuse basketball season but earned Boeheim some massive respect among his peers.

Buddy has been playing relatively well all season, but against Virginia Tech over the weekend he found a new level of confidence and swagger.

During a pivotal 18-5 run that decided the game, Buddy Boeheim scored every single Orange point. Although perhaps more impressive was Buddy’s trash talk in the midst of it.

He was captured by the official Syracuse basketball Twitter account looking towards the bench saying “he can’t guard me”.

Buddy historically has been a quiet and reserved kid, but he’s evolving. Last week he averaged a combined 45 percent from long range and 24 points per game which earned him the all-conference honors.

Syracuse is going to need him to continue that swagger because despite winning three games in a row, the Orange don’t appear in a single March Madness bracket in America, per the Bracket Matrix.

Up next for Syracuse they have three more games to close out the month of January: a road game at Notre Dame, a home matchup vs Pittsburgh, and finally a road contest against the Clemson Tigers.

How the team performs in these contests could very well determine whether or not they’re dancing this March.