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Syracuse Basketball: Joseph Girard III named Mr. New York Basketball

While Syracuse basketball fanatics like myself await the post-season fate of the current SU roster, there’s a lot to feel excited about when we turn our attention to the next stanza. That’s because the ‘Cuse has at least four extremely promising prospects who will begin their hoops journeys on the Hill come this fall.

One of those guys, scoring machine and 3-point specialist Joseph Girard III, got a dose of spectacular news on Tuesday when the Basketball Coaches Association of New York revealed him as Mr. Basketball in the Empire State.

The 6-foot-2 combo guard, a senior at Glens Falls High School in Glens Falls, N.