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Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim wants to push forward with season

If the existential dread around whether college football gets played wasn’t enough, there’s also the dread that follows around college basketball. We already missed the NCAA Tournament this spring. Could we be looking at a full lost season ahead? Or at least one that doesn’t start until 2021?

At least if you ask Syracuse Orange men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim, it’s worth pushing forward. He spoke with ACC Radio’s Chris Spatola on Monday about COVID-19 concerns and the uncertainty around the coming college hoops season. This selection in particular was worth highlighting:

"Are we just going to give up and sit home for the next 2 years?