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SU All Baltimore Team (PS; Waters)
Syracuse has been recruiting the Baltimore area for decades. In the 1980s, Syracuse lured Herman Harried, Michael Brown and Rodney Walker from the Charm City. In the 1990s, Baltimore native Michael Lloyd came to Syracuse by way of junior college.
But Syracuse's main link to Baltimore is Carmelo Anthony. Anthony attended Towson (Md.) Catholic before finishing his high school career at Oak Hill Academy. He came to Syracuse in 2002 and led the Orangemen to the 2003 NCAA title, which remains the one and only NCAA championship in SU basketball history. Since then, Donte Greene and C.J. Fair have followed in Anthony's footsteps from Baltimore to Syracuse.
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Danny Schayes Went to Jamesville-Dewitt HS
SU All Syracuse Team (PS; Waters)
The city of Syracuse may not be the same size market as Philadelphia or Baltimore or New York City, but the hometown can still put together a formidable team. That's because the Syracuse coaches have always done a great job of keeping the best local prospects at home.
In the early years of SU hoops, players such as Vic Hanson and Manny Breland came out of local high schools to play for the Orange.
In recent years, Dan Schayes, Andy Rautins, Brandon Triche and current SU center Dajuan Coleman all came to SU from nearby Jamesville-DeWitt High School. Triche's uncle, Howard, is a Syracuse native. Lazarus Sims played at Henninger High School.
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Otto, Scoop and Dion (Two Are From Philadelphia)
SU All Philly Team (PS; Ditota)
The Philly team can score. Hakim Warrick and Scoop Jardine have registered more than 1,000 points in their careers. Dion Waiters, had he stayed the four seasons at Syracuse, would have easily topped that mark.
This team is balanced. It has a true point guard in Jardine, a true scoring guard in Waiters, a true center in Rick Jackson and two able forwards in Warrick and Rakeem Christmas.
Waiters averaged 12.6 points in just 24 minutes a game his sophomore season at SU. He shot 36 percent from the 3-point line.
Warrick was a Syracuse stud, logging 4,186 minutes in his career (fifth-most in SU history) and recording 42 double-doubles in his Orange career (fourth all time). He also made a habit of getting to the free throw line (second-most attempts in SU history). Warrick averaged 21.4 points per game his senior year and 19.8 ppg his junior year.
Jackson sits eighth on the Orange list in career rebounds with 930.
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Pearl Could Play Defense Too
SU All NYC Team (PS; Ditota)
So many players from New York City, just one team to collect them all.
Pearl Washington headlines a team of many options. Its bench is the deepest in the tournament.
Washington, a New York City sensation, was one of the most dynamic players in Orange history. He averaged 17 points per game his final year in Syracuse and led the Orange in assists in each of his three seasons here.
With Adrian Autry in the shooting guard spot, this team has two facilitators who can score. Rudy Hackett, who averaged 22.2 points a game his senior year at SU, and led the Orange in rebounding for three straight seasons, holds down the middle.
New York has two forwards who each reached 1,000 points in their careers in Wendell Alexis and Tony Bruin.
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SU All DC Metro Team (PS; Ditota)
The best Syracuse player of all-time grew up in D.C. Dave Bing, a guy who averaged nearly 26 points per game in his Orange career, also grabbed more than 20 rebounds in a game three times while wearing a Syracuse uniform. He averaged double-figure rebounds in 1964-65 and 1965-66. Imagine what his scoring numbers would have been had the 3-point shot existed or if freshmen had been eligible to play varsity basketball.
Add to that, one of Syracuse's most enterprising point guards in Sherman Douglas, its all-time leading scorer in Lawrence Moten, a stalwart in the middle in Arinze Onuaku and a jumping jack of a forward in Jerami Grant.
Moten, a small forward, scored 2,334 points in a career that spanned 1991-95. He averaged 19.3 points. Consider this: SU's second-leading scorer, Derrick Coleman, scored 2,143 points while playing 22 more games than Moten.
Douglas recorded more career assists (960) than any player in SU history. Nobody else is close. He was fortunate enough to play in an uptempo environment with teammates who could finish, but Douglas, too, perfected the art of the alley-oop. Has any Orange player executed that pass better?
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Stevie Thompson (32)
SU All California Team (PS; Ditota)
This team from California will guard you. It will bruise you. It will make sure you earn every point.
Jason Hart is one of the underrated point guards in SU history. Hart scored more than 1,500 points in his career, finished second in career assists and owns the Orange career record for steals.
Hart and Stephen Thompson, whom everybody called "Stevie" back in the day, were named to SU's All-Century team. Thompson, one of the great athletic forwards in SU history, recorded 98 double-figure scoring games in his career and scored nearly 2,000 points.
Mike Hopkins was a scrappy guard who infused his team with energy, and Scott McCorkle was a sixth man who could shoot the ball.
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SU All International Team (PS; Waters)
Syracuse has rarely, if ever, actually gone overseas to recruit a player. More often than not, the international players come to the United States and then wind up on Syracuse's radar.
Marius Janulis, born in Lithuania, attended Prattsburgh High School in Upstate New York. Toronto native Leo Rautins had spent one year at the University of Minnesota before transferring to Syracuse. Kris Joseph, a Montreal native, spent two years at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C. Tyler Ennis, yet another Canadian product, played at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, N.J.
Baye Moussa Keita came from Senegal but attended Oak Hill Academy in Virginia. Fab Melo, a native of Brazil, gained notice at high school in Florida. And once upon a time, Rony Seikaly literally walked into the SU basketball offices.
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SU's Jim Boeheim Nominated for ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by ESPN's Jeff Goodman (PS; Waters)
Jim Boeheim has 24 hours to either douse himself with a bucket of ice-cold water or make a donation to the ALS Foundation.
Boeheim, Syracuse's Hall of Fame basketball coach, was called out as part of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by ESPN college basketball writer Jeff Goodman.
ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is also known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease." The progressive neurodegenerative disease affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, according to The ALS Association.
The Ice Bucket Challenge consists of a participant pouring a bucket of ice water over their head, and challenging others to video themselves doing the same. If you are tagged as a challenger and do not perform the task, you must donate to ALS research.
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Former Players
BMW Will Play Professionally in Denmark (PS; Ditota)
Baye Moussa Keita is bound for Denmark.
The Forum Horsens basketball team announced the signing of Keita on its website. (I translated it via Google. The release referred to Syracuse University as "one of the most legendary colleges in the United States.")
Keita, who played four seasons at Syracuse as a hustling understudy at center, will have two American teammates, both of them graduates of Division II Missouri Southern. Foreign teams can generally have only two Americans on their rosters; Keita, of course, is Senegalese.
His new team finished fourth last season in the Ligean league, the highest basketball division in Denmark.
"I'm so happy for him," said SU assistant coach Mike Hopkins, who was Keita's position coach and has great admiration for the big man. "He will bring energy and defensive presence that they haven't seen before. He will help them win games."
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Derrick Coleman's Son is a Football Playing Freshman at Wayne State (PS; Waters)
Two years ago, Derrick Coleman Jr. went to his father to deliver some bad news.
Derrick Jr., the son of the former NBA player and Syracuse University legend, wanted to give up basketball so he could focus his attention on football.
"He said, 'Dad, I'm going to play football,''' Coleman recalled Tuesday. "He played basketball, but he loves football. I told him I supported his decision no matter what.''
Derrick Coleman Jr., son of former Syracuse basketball player Derrick Coleman, will be a freshman defensive end on the Wayne State University football team this fall.Wayne State University
Later today, Coleman will drive his son to Wayne State University in Detroit and drop him off for the first day of preseason football camp and the start of his freshman year.
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SU All Baltimore Team (PS; Waters)
Syracuse has been recruiting the Baltimore area for decades. In the 1980s, Syracuse lured Herman Harried, Michael Brown and Rodney Walker from the Charm City. In the 1990s, Baltimore native Michael Lloyd came to Syracuse by way of junior college.
But Syracuse's main link to Baltimore is Carmelo Anthony. Anthony attended Towson (Md.) Catholic before finishing his high school career at Oak Hill Academy. He came to Syracuse in 2002 and led the Orangemen to the 2003 NCAA title, which remains the one and only NCAA championship in SU basketball history. Since then, Donte Greene and C.J. Fair have followed in Anthony's footsteps from Baltimore to Syracuse.
...
Danny Schayes Went to Jamesville-Dewitt HS
SU All Syracuse Team (PS; Waters)
The city of Syracuse may not be the same size market as Philadelphia or Baltimore or New York City, but the hometown can still put together a formidable team. That's because the Syracuse coaches have always done a great job of keeping the best local prospects at home.
In the early years of SU hoops, players such as Vic Hanson and Manny Breland came out of local high schools to play for the Orange.
In recent years, Dan Schayes, Andy Rautins, Brandon Triche and current SU center Dajuan Coleman all came to SU from nearby Jamesville-DeWitt High School. Triche's uncle, Howard, is a Syracuse native. Lazarus Sims played at Henninger High School.
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Otto, Scoop and Dion (Two Are From Philadelphia)
SU All Philly Team (PS; Ditota)
The Philly team can score. Hakim Warrick and Scoop Jardine have registered more than 1,000 points in their careers. Dion Waiters, had he stayed the four seasons at Syracuse, would have easily topped that mark.
This team is balanced. It has a true point guard in Jardine, a true scoring guard in Waiters, a true center in Rick Jackson and two able forwards in Warrick and Rakeem Christmas.
Waiters averaged 12.6 points in just 24 minutes a game his sophomore season at SU. He shot 36 percent from the 3-point line.
Warrick was a Syracuse stud, logging 4,186 minutes in his career (fifth-most in SU history) and recording 42 double-doubles in his Orange career (fourth all time). He also made a habit of getting to the free throw line (second-most attempts in SU history). Warrick averaged 21.4 points per game his senior year and 19.8 ppg his junior year.
Jackson sits eighth on the Orange list in career rebounds with 930.
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Pearl Could Play Defense Too
SU All NYC Team (PS; Ditota)
So many players from New York City, just one team to collect them all.
Pearl Washington headlines a team of many options. Its bench is the deepest in the tournament.
Washington, a New York City sensation, was one of the most dynamic players in Orange history. He averaged 17 points per game his final year in Syracuse and led the Orange in assists in each of his three seasons here.
With Adrian Autry in the shooting guard spot, this team has two facilitators who can score. Rudy Hackett, who averaged 22.2 points a game his senior year at SU, and led the Orange in rebounding for three straight seasons, holds down the middle.
New York has two forwards who each reached 1,000 points in their careers in Wendell Alexis and Tony Bruin.
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SU All DC Metro Team (PS; Ditota)
The best Syracuse player of all-time grew up in D.C. Dave Bing, a guy who averaged nearly 26 points per game in his Orange career, also grabbed more than 20 rebounds in a game three times while wearing a Syracuse uniform. He averaged double-figure rebounds in 1964-65 and 1965-66. Imagine what his scoring numbers would have been had the 3-point shot existed or if freshmen had been eligible to play varsity basketball.
Add to that, one of Syracuse's most enterprising point guards in Sherman Douglas, its all-time leading scorer in Lawrence Moten, a stalwart in the middle in Arinze Onuaku and a jumping jack of a forward in Jerami Grant.
Moten, a small forward, scored 2,334 points in a career that spanned 1991-95. He averaged 19.3 points. Consider this: SU's second-leading scorer, Derrick Coleman, scored 2,143 points while playing 22 more games than Moten.
Douglas recorded more career assists (960) than any player in SU history. Nobody else is close. He was fortunate enough to play in an uptempo environment with teammates who could finish, but Douglas, too, perfected the art of the alley-oop. Has any Orange player executed that pass better?
...
Stevie Thompson (32)
SU All California Team (PS; Ditota)
This team from California will guard you. It will bruise you. It will make sure you earn every point.
Jason Hart is one of the underrated point guards in SU history. Hart scored more than 1,500 points in his career, finished second in career assists and owns the Orange career record for steals.
Hart and Stephen Thompson, whom everybody called "Stevie" back in the day, were named to SU's All-Century team. Thompson, one of the great athletic forwards in SU history, recorded 98 double-figure scoring games in his career and scored nearly 2,000 points.
Mike Hopkins was a scrappy guard who infused his team with energy, and Scott McCorkle was a sixth man who could shoot the ball.
...
SU All International Team (PS; Waters)
Syracuse has rarely, if ever, actually gone overseas to recruit a player. More often than not, the international players come to the United States and then wind up on Syracuse's radar.
Marius Janulis, born in Lithuania, attended Prattsburgh High School in Upstate New York. Toronto native Leo Rautins had spent one year at the University of Minnesota before transferring to Syracuse. Kris Joseph, a Montreal native, spent two years at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C. Tyler Ennis, yet another Canadian product, played at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, N.J.
Baye Moussa Keita came from Senegal but attended Oak Hill Academy in Virginia. Fab Melo, a native of Brazil, gained notice at high school in Florida. And once upon a time, Rony Seikaly literally walked into the SU basketball offices.
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SU's Jim Boeheim Nominated for ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by ESPN's Jeff Goodman (PS; Waters)
Jim Boeheim has 24 hours to either douse himself with a bucket of ice-cold water or make a donation to the ALS Foundation.
Boeheim, Syracuse's Hall of Fame basketball coach, was called out as part of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by ESPN college basketball writer Jeff Goodman.
ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is also known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease." The progressive neurodegenerative disease affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, according to The ALS Association.
The Ice Bucket Challenge consists of a participant pouring a bucket of ice water over their head, and challenging others to video themselves doing the same. If you are tagged as a challenger and do not perform the task, you must donate to ALS research.
...
Former Players
BMW Will Play Professionally in Denmark (PS; Ditota)
Baye Moussa Keita is bound for Denmark.
The Forum Horsens basketball team announced the signing of Keita on its website. (I translated it via Google. The release referred to Syracuse University as "one of the most legendary colleges in the United States.")
Keita, who played four seasons at Syracuse as a hustling understudy at center, will have two American teammates, both of them graduates of Division II Missouri Southern. Foreign teams can generally have only two Americans on their rosters; Keita, of course, is Senegalese.
His new team finished fourth last season in the Ligean league, the highest basketball division in Denmark.
"I'm so happy for him," said SU assistant coach Mike Hopkins, who was Keita's position coach and has great admiration for the big man. "He will bring energy and defensive presence that they haven't seen before. He will help them win games."
...
Derrick Coleman's Son is a Football Playing Freshman at Wayne State (PS; Waters)
Two years ago, Derrick Coleman Jr. went to his father to deliver some bad news.
Derrick Jr., the son of the former NBA player and Syracuse University legend, wanted to give up basketball so he could focus his attention on football.
"He said, 'Dad, I'm going to play football,''' Coleman recalled Tuesday. "He played basketball, but he loves football. I told him I supported his decision no matter what.''
Derrick Coleman Jr., son of former Syracuse basketball player Derrick Coleman, will be a freshman defensive end on the Wayne State University football team this fall.Wayne State University
Later today, Coleman will drive his son to Wayne State University in Detroit and drop him off for the first day of preseason football camp and the start of his freshman year.
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