Several times on Wednesday night, former Syracuse basketball star Eric Devendorf, who was serving as a game analyst for the ACC Network Extra broadcast of the Orange against Mercyhurst, said that he thought the best player for the 'Cuse so far this season has been senior center William Kyle III, who transferred in from UCLA.
Devendorf is spot on with that assessment. While the Orange's 2025-26 campaign has a long way to go, the 6-foot-9, 230-pound Kyle, who hails from Bellevue, Neb., has proven a consistent presence for the 'Cuse on both ends of the floor thus far.