Syracuse Orange coach Jim Boeheim spoke unconcerned to Syracuse.com at the beginning of July, less than two months before his team’s trip to Italy. It was, of course, less than two months before a trip to Italy — a flight delay due to snow in August couldn’t ruin that anticipation.
Neither could Marek Dolezaj breaking his finger. Boeheim announced the injury on July 3. He said Dolezaj would no longer play in the Slovakian national team’s qualifying games. The four-week prognosis then would’ve allowed the forward to play for the Orange in Italy. Now he will not.