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Thursday, June 28, 2012  The Cleveland Cavaliers have selected Syracuse guard Dion Waiters with the No. 4 overall pick in the NBA draft.

Monday, March 26, 2012  Sophomore guard Dion Waiters will leave Syracuse University and declare for the NBA Draft, the school confirmed Monday. "I want to thank my coaches and my teammates. I've had an amazing experience at Syracuse University," Waiters said. "I also want to thank all the Syracuse basketball fans. They are the best in college basketball."

Sunday, March 25, 2012  The 2012-2013 Syracuse basketball team will look very different from this years team but will return several key players. It isn't clear if sophomore guard Dion Waiters will be back in an orange uniform next year of if he will enter the NBA draft.

Friday, March 23, 2012  SU players say they prayed a last-minute three pointer wouldn't go in.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  The Syracuse Orange players are planning to prove their critics wrong in the next round of the NCAA Tournament.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012  If Fab Melo does enter the NBA draft he could be a late first round pick.

Thursday, March 08, 2012  The Connecticut Huskies were hanging on for most of Wednesday's Big East Quarterfinal, but it was Syracuse coming through with the big plays down the stretch for the 58-55 victory.

Saturday, February 25, 2012  Fab Melo's follow-up dunk with 31 seconds left lifted No. 2 Syracuse to a 71-69 win over Connecticut on Saturday night and clinched the Big East regular season title for the Orange.

Saturday, January 28, 2012  It was the largest crowd of the year at the Carrier Dome on Saturday, and all 28,740 exhaled at the same time at the closing buzzer when the Orange had just survive a big 63-61 win.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  The # 1 SU Basketball team is now officially off to its best start in history, beating the Pittsburgh Panthers 71-63 on Monday night.

Saturday, January 14, 2012  Dion Waiters had 12 points, seven coming during a decisive first-half run, Scoop Jardine added 10 points and nine assists, and top-ranked Syracuse beat undermanned Providence 78-55 on Saturday night to remain unbeaten.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012  Dion Waiters led the Orange in his hometown with 20 points, as Syracuse beats Villanova 79-66 to improve to 18-0 on the season.

Saturday, December 17, 2011  Syracuse scored 23 consecutive points, took a 46-29 lead and never trailed again en route to an 88-72 victory. Dion Waiters led SU with 22 points.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011  The national media was only there to cover one topic, the ongoing Bernie Fine saga, and to some of the players that was frustrating.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011  No. 5 Syracuse pulled away for a 69-58 victory over Virginia Tech on Wednesday night in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Madison Square Garden.