ESPN: Syracuse fan gives $175K to Boys & Girls Club for upset of No. 1 Duke

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per ESPN:

Adam Weitsman was having lunch with Jim Boeheim hours before Syracuse's upset of the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils on Monday when he looked at the veteran coach and made a prophetic declaration.

"I think you're going to win tonight," Weitsman said he told Boeheim. "He seemed pretty confident."

And, the philanthropist and business owner told the coach, he had made a promise on social media to donate $150,000 to the Boys & Girls Club if the Orange pulled off the upset.

The checks are ready to be delivered.

Weitsman said he called officials with the Boys & Girl Club on Tuesday and made arrangements to deliver $50,000 apiece to three Boys & Girls Clubs in Owego, Binghamton and Syracuse. His buddies reminded him he'd forgotten to mention another club in Endicott, so he added another $25,000 donation for a grand total of $175,000 to charity after his favorite team's upset of the Blue Devils.

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