Wes Johnson

Wes Johnson and Andy Rautins: NBA here they come
By Erica Sanderson
June 25, 2010 - 12:29pm
Former Syracuse Orange Wesley Johnson goes to the Minnesota Timberwolves as the No. 4 pick, while teammate Andy Rautins heads to the New York Knicks.

Syracuse knew it had a superstar on its hands, and the rest of the country noticed. Wes Johnson was the No. 4 pick last night for the Minnesota Timberwolves, as two of Syracuse Orange's finest were drafted into the NBA, onto bigger and better careers.

Glee returns tonight
By Erika Wachter
April 13, 2010 - 8:03pm
Plus, JMU's Springfest turns into riot and Wes Johnson to put his name in NBA draft.
Glee will return to Fox tonight at 9:28 p.m. to complete the last 9 episodes in its first season.

Glee, which has an astonishingly large following of "gleeks," looks to finish the season even better than it started.

More songs, more drama and more laughs should be overflowing in the second-half of the season.

Wes Johnson to enter NBA Draft
By Jill Chandler
April 12, 2010 - 2:23pm
Our # 4 has decided to enter the NBA draft.

The Junior forward posted on Twitter this morning "Up and ready to make moves..." and that is exactly what he is doing.

Wes Johnson will be formally announcing his plans to enter the NBA draft  in a press conference today at 3 p.m. at the Carmello Anthony Basketball Center.  

Orange, Johnson ready to serve Butler
By Kyle C. Leach
March 23, 2010 - 4:44pm
Syracuse (30-4) travels to Salt Lake City for its Sweet Sixteen matchup with Butler (30-4). Tip-off is 7:07 p.m. EST.

Syracuse starting forward Rick Jackson getting into foul trouble was the best thing to happen to Syracuse on Sunday afternoon.

With two hands tied behind their backs (the team's other starting forward Arinze Onuaku was inactive with a leg injury), the Orange took a bat to Gonzaga’s pumpkin chariot, and put up 87 points on the Cinderella-turned-NCAA-regular.

"This is as well as we've played all year," said Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim. "It was a tremendous performance."

Healthcare bill passes, faces next challenge
By Drew Sagon
March 22, 2010 - 1:56pm
Plus, SU handles Gonzaga in the second round of the NCAA tournament and Buzz Aldrin gets ready to "Dance with the Stars."


The House passed the Senate's health care reform bill last night by a vote of 224 to 206, but Americans shouldn't expect to see changes right away. Before any legislative changes are made, members of the Senate have to sign off on the changes made to the bill on order to address the differences between the Senate and House bills. Senate Republicans maintain they will use any legislative techniques to delay or stop the bill from passing.

Going Home Early
By Eric Meyers
March 11, 2010 - 5:38pm
Turnovers, defensive woes and a worrying injury troubled the one-seeded Syracuse Orange as they fell to eighth seed Georgetown in the Big East tournament quarterfinals, 91-84.

Two kinds of fans filled Madison Square Garden this afternoon.  Half wore Orange, and stood in stunned silence.  The other half wore just about anything else, and cheered as loud as they could for the top seed to fall.  They got their wish.

Six minutes into the second half, Syracuse watched their lead dwindle from a game high nine points, to one point in under two minutes.  And with a 2-point field goal by Vee Sanford, Georgetown took the lead and never lost it.

Wes Johnson is Big East player of the year, Jim Boeheim is coach of the year
By Erika Wachter
March 9, 2010 - 8:51pm
Plus, College students collect limbs for Haiti and Donovan McNabb and T.O team up again.

Syracuse University Basketball is racking up the Big East awards.

Wes Johnson was named 2009-2010 Big East Player of the Year and Jim Boeheim was selected as 2009-2010 Coach of the Year. The awards were announced at a press conference today at Madison Square Garden, the host site for the Big East Tournament.

Johnson, a junior transfer from Iowa, is the first transfer student to earn Big East Player of the Year honors. He is the fourth Syracuse player to earn the honor.

Saturday's star-studded showdown
By Nick Toney
February 26, 2010 - 5:25pm
The match-up Orange fans have been talking is their banged-up star forward Wesley Johnson vs. Villanova’s all-NCAA point guard Scottie Reynolds.

When a record-breaking crowd of more than 34,000 fans watch the No. 4 Syracuse Orange play the No. 7 Villanova Wildcats at the Carrier Dome on Saturday, they’ll see a matchup of two of the best basketball teams heading into the NCAA tournament.

What they’ll very rarely see, however, is the match-up that Orange fans have been talking about all week: Syracuse’s banged-up star forward Wesley Johnson facing Villanova’s all-NCAA point guard Scottie Reynolds one-on-one.

Miracle on F Street: The Night the Hoya's Were Destroya'd
By Allie Berkowitz
February 25, 2010 - 2:09am
It's not time for March Madness quite yet but last Thursday night in D.C., Cuse fans were definitely ready for the Big Dance. (A fan experience story)

Before leaving for the Georgetown game last Thursday, I turned to my father’s Facebook page for last minute inspiration. His profile picture was a Syracuse fan holding a sign that reads: “I’ve hated Georgetown since I was a little kid.” My dad raised me to appreciate and agree with that statement. (His new profile picture is of me holding a “YOUR MOM IS A HO-YA” sign at the game.) Ready to go, I was fully dressed in Syracuse attire, orange pom-pom in hand, and decked out in my “Go Cuse,” orange and blue Nike sneakers, which I had previously only worn to games at the Dome.

Heartbreaker
By Michael Cohen
February 14, 2010 - 6:56pm
Offensive woes give Syracuse its second loss of the season in a 66-60 Valentine's Day defeat by Louisville.

For the second straight game, the Orange took an early double-digit lead, then squandered it in the final minutes. This time, they couldn’t recover.

“You can’t be in all these games and get down to the end and think you’re going to win,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said. “You’ve got to play better during the game and tonight offensively we just were not good. And I think that’s the bottom line.”