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Syracuse basketball awards Shaun Belbey scholarship in his final season

Shaun Belbey, a guard on the Syracuse basketball team, has earned a scholarship from Orange head coach Jim Boeheim for his last term in a ‘Cuse uniform.

Donna Ditota of Syracuse.com reported this fantastic news about the 5-foot-10 Belbey, a graduate student who redshirted a stanza ago.

After initially walking on for the Orange, he has now landed a scholarship in the past two campaigns, Ditota writes. Belbey’s schollie puts the ‘Cuse at 13 scholarship guys for 2019-20.

First and foremost, a huge congratulations to Belbey for this much-deserved recognition. He had this to say to Ditota, via a text message: “I can’t thank Coach Boeheim enough for awarding me with this.