Syracuse, N.Y. -- He's been 40 years, and then some, on the Orange bridge, often barking, sometimes flailing, always thinking ... forever making a sage of the fella who said that "time does not pass; it continues."
Because that has been the story of Syracuse University basketball since Jim Boeheim coached his first game -- and earned his first victory, a 75-48 conquest of Harvard -- over Thanksgiving Weekend back there in 1976.
It. Just. Continues.
Manley Field House. Bouie and Louie. The Big East and all those tong wars with Georgetown. The Carrier Dome. Leo Rautins' third-overtime tip-in against Villanova.