Syracuse, N.Y. - It was planned for weeks. Juli Boeheim had asked her two boys to stick around after the Syracuse-Cornell game. Jimmy and Buddy would be playing against each other. Jim, of course, would be coaching the Orange.
What better image for the family Christmas card than all five Boeheims, on Jim Boeheim court, both boys dressed in their respective college basketball uniforms, Juli and Jamie wearing their custom-made 'The Battle of the Boeheims' tees?
So when it was over Saturday, when Syracuse survived Matt Morgan and the visiting Big Red, Juli and Jamie were ready, courtside.