Fabricio Melo

Boston Celtics went big and took some risks with their first round picks in the 2012 NBA Draft. Will they pan out?

The Boston Celtics selected Syracuse center Fab Melo with the 22nd pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.

The Boston Celtics have selected Syracuse Orange center Fab Melo with the No. 23 pick in the first round of the 2012 NBA Draft.

"Everybody's been really high on me," says Jardine, "the scouts like what I could bring to the team. I'm in a great position, and it will put me in a great position for the draft."

His explanation is simple: Until four years ago, the Brazilian didn't even speak English.

Who will advance on in the 26th pick tournament. Fab Melo or Festus Ezeli? Read on to check it out!

A one-loss regular season that culminates in the Elite 8 sounds pretty good. But do Syracuse fans truly feel this season was a success as a whole?

Now that it's all over and we've had a couple days to take it all in, it's time to start forming dangerously-uninformed opinions on the end of the 2011-2012 Syracuse Orange basketball season and "what it all means."

On his Twitter page Sunday, junior Antravious Simmons tweeted a couple of different times that he is “Cuse Bound” and has committed to Syracuse.

And then there were three. 2012's No. 1 recruit, Nerlens Noel, told Scout.com that he has narrowed his choices down to the Syracuse Orange, Kentucky Wildcats and Georgetown Hoyas.