Syracuse Basketball: Boeheim’s Army is back, with ‘massive roster news’

Boeheim’s Army will suit up yet again in the annual The Basketball Tournament (“TBT”), and that makes for a fun summer watching former Syracuse basketball stars compete for a boatload of cash.

Per a tweet from Donna Ditota of Syracuse.com, Boeheim’s Army is preparing to play in the 2021 version of the TBT, a $1 million, winner-take-all event.

Ditota’s tweet also says that Adam Weitsman will be the Boeheim’s Army chairman of business operations. Weitsman is a well-known businessman in Central New York. He’s also friends with Orange head coach Jim Boeheim and a big-time fan of the Syracuse basketball program.

I’m sure we’ll hear soon about the roster of this summer’s Boeheim’s Army. To that end, a tweet from the TBT said, “We hear they have some MASSIVE roster news coming soon.” Can’t wait!

A year ago, Boeheim’s Army fell short of its bid to capture the team’s first TBT championship. Boeheim’s Army lost in the quarterfinals to Sideline Cancer, 65-48.

Former Syracuse basketball players are coming together again as Boeheim’s Army in the TBT.

Sideline Cancer, the No. 22 seed in last summer’s TBT, went on a magical run to the title contest. After beating No. 3 seed Boeheim’s Army in the quarterfinals, Sideline Cancer knocked off No. 2 seed Overseas Elite in the Final Four.

However, in the final encounter of the 2020 TBT, Sideline Cancer would lose, 78-73, at the hands of No. 4 seed Golden Eagles, a group made up of Marquette alumni.

Boeheim’s Army, which made the Final Four of the TBT a few years back, had a strong roster in 2020, thus earning the tourney’s No. 3 seed.

TBT officials put on a 24-team field last summer amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, with all of the games taking place at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

In 2020, Boeheim’s Army had a line-up that included small forward Andrew White III, power forward Donte Greene, wing Malachi Richardson, combo guard Eric Devendorf, combo guard Brandon Triche, point guard John Gillon, forward Demetris Nichols and forward Will Rayman, who played at Colgate.

Two other power forwards/centers, Tyler Lydon and Chris McCullough, were initially on the Boeheim’s Army roster last year but didn’t end up playing in the event. It will be interesting to see which former Syracuse basketball stars will be in the line-up for 2021.