Can Fran Brown make Syracuse a powerhouse?

When Fran Brown saw the Syracuse job come open last November, he watched a clip of athletic director John Wildhack ticking off what he would be looking for in his next head coach. Brown could check that box off 10 times over. Brown had neither of those, but in his view, those qualifications did not matter. "Literally, five minutes before I was going to call Fran, my phone rings," Wildhack told ESPN in a phone interview.