It shouldn’t come as an extreme surprise that Jim Boeheim was a touch aggravated during the press conference following Syracuse’s 66-58 loss at Connecticut. What isn’t clear, however, is why exactly he’s so upset with ESPN reporter Andy Katz.
Jim Boeheim calls ESPN’s Andy Katz ‘disloyal’ and ‘an idiot’
Jim McIsaac
When Katz began the Q&A portion of the press conference with a question about the UConn/Syracuse rivalry ending, Boeheim stopped him abruptly.
“I’ll answer anybody’s question but yours,” Boeheim said to Katz. “Because you’re an idiot, and a really disloyal person. I have a few other things I could add, but I’m not gonna.”
The New Haven Register has video of the interaction:
There’s been no clarification from either party about what prompted the remarks.
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