Syracuse guard Buddy Boeheim has been suspended one game for punching Florida State's Wyatt Wilkes in Wednesday's ACC tournament game. More:
Boeheim will miss Thursday's game against"In the heat of today's game, after some shoving in the lane, I swung my arm while turning to go back up court. It was wrong to act out in frustration,''posted on Syracuse basketball's Twitter account."I apologized to Wyatt Wilkes multiple times in the handshake line. He said not to worry about it, but I know it was wrong.
"I saw the play, the kid pushed him twice," said Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, who is Buddy's father."I think it was inadvertent. It wasn't much of a punch.'' "I don't want anything to take away from how well they played and what type of fine young man he is," Hamilton said."The game is physical. We expect guys to go out and bang and be aggressive. If something inadvertently happens sometimes we want to categorize it in one way or another.Wilkes doubled over and squatted for a moment after being struck about midway through the first half. He continued to play.
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