Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse firefighters Wednesday night fought back a wildfire with 30-foot flames and blowing burning embers in a scene that looked more like California than Central New York.

Rick Pitino, then 24, had to call off his honeymoon when Jim Boeheim recruited him to be an assistant coach at Syracuse in 1976. Pitino had just gotten married that same night.

Florida State men's basketball (17-14, 8-12) ended the regular season on a strong note by beating SMU and ending its four-game losing slump on Saturday at the Donald L. Tucker Center. Now it's on ...