Tyler Lydon

Men's basketball season ends in Final Four
By Brittany Lamas
April 3, 2016 - 7:11am
Syracuse beat the odds just to play its second No. 1 seed in as many games, but North Carolina's 11-point halftime lead was insurmountable.

Except for a few minutes in the second half Saturday night, Syracuse was unable to stop the high-powered North Carolina offense that ended the Orange's surprise championship run one game short as they fell 83-66.

Despite coming up one game shy, head coach Jim Boeheim said he was just as proud of this team as the 2003 Championship team.

“I’m more satisfied than I’ve ever been in any year that I’ve coached, with the possible exception the year we won it all,” he said. 

Orange headed to the Elite Eight
By Yonah Perline
March 26, 2016 - 3:15pm
Michael Gbinije had a team-high 20 points and scored the go-ahead basket for Syracuse against Gonzaga in a 63-60 win.

In a back-and-forth game between two evenly matched teams, the Orange outlasted No. 11 Gonzaga, 63-60, in the NCAA Midwest Regional round of 16 Friday night at the United Center in Chicago. Syracuse managed the clock well and won thanks to a 9-3 run in the final three minutes of the game. Graduate guard Michael Gbinije scored the basket which put Syracuse up for good; a layup after his own offensive-rebound to make the score 61-60 with 22 seconds to play.

Cold shooting dooms Orange in 66-52 loss to Pittsburgh
By Nick Richardson
February 20, 2016 - 10:05pm
Freshman forward Tyler Lydon paced Syracuse with a career-high 21 points.

Freshman forward Tyler Lydon had one of his best games of the season for Syracuse (18-10, 8-7 ACC) against the Pittsburgh Panthers (19-7, 8-6) on Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately, nobody else on the Orange stepped up as they dropped their second consecutive game by the count of 66-52.

 

Precision shooting propels Orange past Seminoles 85-72
By Andrew Chelney
February 12, 2016 - 5:27pm
Graduate forward Michael Gbinije scored a game-high 22 points, while freshman Tyler Lydon added a double-double.

Syracuse shot an astounding 62 percent from the floor as the Orange (17-8, 7-5 ACC) cruised to an 85-72 victory against Florida State (16-8, 6-6 ACC) Thursday night in the Carrier Dome. 

 

Early run propels Orange past No. 25 Notre Dame, 81-66
By Andrew Chelney
January 29, 2016 - 11:13am
Syracuse's explosive 23-1 run starting two minutes into the first half allowed them to coast to a dominant victory.

The No. 25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (14-6) scored the first five points of the game while keeping the Syracuse Orange (14-8) off the board for the first two minutes and twenty-four seconds. Soon after, however, Syracuse became almost unstoppable, going on a 23-1 run that didn’t see the Fighting Irish score a field goal for four minutes and 51 seconds. Syracuse maintained at least a double-digit lead from then on en route to a dominating 81-66 victory.

Richardson and Gbinije score 17 as Orange cruise past Colgate, 78-51
By Andrew Chelney
December 9, 2015 - 1:19am
Interim head coach Mike Hopkins won his first game at the helm.

The Syracuse Orange (7-2) have now won 50 straight games against the Colgate Raiders (2-6). The Raiders haven’t beaten Syracuse since Feb. 24, 1962, by a score of 67-63 in the Manley Field House. John F. Kennedy was the President of the United States and interim head coach Mike Hopkins hadn’t been born yet.

Basketball loses battle at the boards
By Tim Ferguson
December 3, 2015 - 1:22am
Syracuse gets doubled up in rebounding, falls short to Badgers in OT.

 

A Thanksgiving championship hangover may have led to the lackluster performance on the glass as the Orange dropped their first game of the season, 66-58, to the Wisconsin Badgers in the ACC/Big 10 Challenge.

 

Roberson's 20 points push Orange past Phoenix
By Yonah Perline
November 22, 2015 - 10:56pm
A crucial turnover allowed Syracuse to pull away mid-way through the second half.

Syracuse forward Tyler Roberson hit a jump shot to put the Orange up by six with about nine minutes to play in the second half of Saturday night's men's basketball game against the Elon Phoenix (2-2). Directly after, teammate Michael Gbinije stole the Phoenix inbound pass and knocked down a three-pointer. A five point play in a matter of seconds effectively put the game away and Syracuse would go on to win 66-55 in their third straight game in the Carrier Dome.  

Orange men's basketball wins season opener
By Tyriq Butler
November 14, 2015 - 11:25am
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks made a push towards the end, but it was too little too late.

The Syracuse Orange used a solid defensive effort on opening night in front of 21,286 fans at the Carrier Dome to defeat the Lehigh Mountain Hawks by a final score of 57-47. 

“It doesn't look like a good win, but it is a good win,” head coach Jim Boeheim, who’s now coaching in his 40th season, told reporters following the game. 

Lydon drafted with 24th pick by Utah Jazz, going to Denver Nuggets
By Will Muoio
June 22, 2017 - 4:12pm
This is the sixth-straight year a former Syracuse player was drafted in the first round.

Tyler Lydon, the former Syracuse University player, was drafted with the 24 pick to the Utah Jazz on Thursday night. However, there is a proposed trade which would send Lydon to the Denver Nuggets.

Lydon left Syracuse after his sophomore year, with an appearance in the NCAA Final Four championship in 2016 and the NIT this past season.