Inside Syracuse basketball: Roasting Jim Boeheim: 500 friends surprised coach in Rochester. His ‘eyes filled with tears’

ESPN broadcaster Sean McDonough joins Mike to describe last week’s surprise roast for Jim Boeheim at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester. McDonough played a role in pulling off the surprise with former Seton Hall and NBA coach P.J. Carlesimo before helping emcee the evening. About 500 of Boeheim’s closest friends, family members and former players attended the event, including John Wallace, Eric Devendorf and Roosevelt Bouie. Others who spoke were St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, former Maryland coach Gary Williams and Eric Lautenbach, Nike’s director of college basketball marketing. 2:00: How McDonough helped pull off a surprise roast with P.J. Carlesimo15:00: Jay Bilas wasn’t there, but the relationship is ‘fine’20:05: McDonough called Boeheim last season after testy exchange with student reporter Follow @MikeWatersSYR (https://twitter.com/MikeWatersSYR) on X Find our Syracuse basketball coverage on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SyracuseBasketball | Twitter: https://twitter.com/syrbasketball For all your Syracuse basketball coverage head to https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices