Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
Less than a week after experiencing the thrilling environment of the Duke-Syracuse game, 2016 Gill St. Bernard’s guard Tyus Battle will be at Villanova Friday night when the Wildcats face Seton Hall.
“We love Coach Jay [Wright],” Gary Battle, Tyus’ father, told SNY.tv. “It’s close to home for us and Nova is a guard-friendly school with a great academic situation.”
The 6-foot-5 Battle was thrilled by the Syracuse environment and said before the trip he liked them “a lot.”
Battle also plans to visit Ohio State March 9 for the Michigan State game and will visit Michigan June 7.
