UPDATE: Jim Boeheim was asked a follow-up question Friday morning about Jimmy’s status and said he didn’t think the senior forward would be interested in returning for a fifth year, but it is an option they’re looking at. He also said the choice is completely up to Jimmy, and any other player that has the option to return for another season.
“This is his choice,” Boeheim said on Gomez & Company. “It has nothing to do with the dad side at all or coach side. It’s his decision. Buddy (Boeheim) could come back. Cole (Swider) could come back. At the beginning of the year, I don’t think there was any interest for any of these guys to come back. Could that change by the end of the year? You know, things always can change but you have to wait and see and let them make their decision for what’s best for them.”