During a post-game press conference after watching the video clip, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, Buddy’s father, initially defended his son by saying it wasn’t a punch and he should face no discipline. “I don’t think he hit him,” Jim Boeheim said. “He just swung around and there was contact. The kid pushed him twice. You can’t just let people push you around.” Later, Jim Boeheim said Buddy Boeheim simply retaliated to Wilkes’ earlier contact. “He got pushed and he retaliated,” Jim Boeheim said. “He shouldn’t have done it but he did. He swung around, and contact was made. If the referee had seen it, it would have been a flagrant one. That would have been it.” The ACC still could discipline Buddy Boeheim.
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