In the midst of a 14-10 season that is trending toward his Syracuse team missing the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year, Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim channeled a little Nick Saban on Saturday after his team's 77-68 win at sub-.500 Boston College. 

While lamenting on the state of college basketball and riffing on the topic of retirement to ESPN.com, Boeheim levied commentary against fellow ACC schools that he claims "bought" their teams.  

"This is an awful place we're in in college basketball," Boeheim said. "Pittsburgh bought a team. OK, fine. My [big donor] talks about it, but he doesn't give anyone any money. Nothing. Not one guy. Our guys make like $20,000. Wake Forest bought a team. Miami bought a team. … It's like, 'Really, this is where we are?' That's really where we are, and it's only going to get worse."

Boeheim's cantankerous quotes bring to mind Saban's shot across the bow in the summer of 2022, when he took issue with Texas A&M's No. 1 football recruiting class and said the Aggies "bought every player on their team."

When reached for comment late Saturday night, Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes told CBS Sports of Boeheim's claim: "He's wrong. He's one thousand percent wrong. I don't have one player on my team that got NIL to come here. That's a fact. I've never had a player come here for NIL."