Joseph Girard III

Glens Falls, NY native and former Syracuse basketball star, Joseph Girard III, is set to complete a workout for the New York Knicks on Wednesday.

In the course of coaching a premier college basketball program for nearly five decades, it would be easy to assume that one would get pretty good at assessing their team's chances from one year to the next. On Wednesday at the ACC Men's Basketball Media Day, Boeheim told several reporters that this year's squad of Orange will go to the Big Dance in March. After suffering his first losing season since taking up the profession at Syracuse, the 77 year-old coach is ready to get his team back to playing tournament basketball.

Joseph Girard III will play his final game ever for Glens Falls High School this afternoon.  Lines will begin forming shortly around Cool Insuring Arena for what has become must-watch local high school hoops.  6,000 people will pack 'JG3's House' today as Glens Falls takes on Cardinal O'Hara this afternoon at 4pm in the NYS Federation B Championship. Can't make it up to Glens Falls for the action?

Movie makers couldn't have dreamed up a more thrilling, fitting end to a local state title game.  It was yet another feat in the remarkable high school career of the hoop legend from Glens Falls; Joseph Girard III.

Joseph: On behalf of my 76 year old father Harry, aka Papa Codes, I personally wanted thank you for choosing Syracuse University as the place you'll  play college basketball. Pops in 76 years old today, but you'd think he was a kid the way he glowingly discussed the future of Syracuse hoops now that you committed to his beloved Orange...

If you live in the Glens Falls area, you're well aware of the legend of Joseph Girard III.  Well the legend continues to grow as this high school junior can add another impressive accomplishment to his already amazing resume: a basketball scholarship to play for Coach K and the Duke Blue Devils.