DETROIT - Seated in a locker room at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit Saturday afternoon, Matthew Moyer carved out a few moments to catch up with family.
The redshirt freshman forward for Syracuse had a few laughs while talking into his phone on a FaceTime conversation with a cousin. The topic was basketball, as the No. 11 seed Orange prepare to face No. 3 Michigan State in a NCAA Tournament second-round game Sunday (2:40 p.m., CBS) in Detroit.
What made the exchange unique is the cousin Moyer was going back-and-forth with was Nick Ward, a starting forward for the Spartans.