Jim Boeheim left practice to his assistants on Thursday but addressed his team. Ultimately, he and Syracuse Athletics decided that he’d return to coach the Syracuse Orange against the Duke Blue Devils three days after the tragic accident that killed Jorge Jimenez on I-690.
Boeheim expressed his devastation after the game, but said he felt an obligation to his players to show up and coach. His team was glad he did.
Tyus Battle woke up on Thursday morning and found out along with everybody else that the lives of two families and an entire community were irreversibly altered.