First Final Four Team To Reunite

[OrangeXtreme]

First Final Four Team To Reunite - Syracuse University Athletics

The 1974-75 Syracuse men's basketball team, the first Orange squad to advance to the NCAA Final Four, will reconvene for a 50th anniversary celebration on Sa...

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The 1974-75 Syracuse men's basketball team, the first Orange squad to advance to the NCAA Final Four, will reconvene for a 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday, February 8, in the JMA Wireless Dome. The group will be honored at halftime of the Syracuse vs. Boston College game.

 

[Bill Orange]

First Final Four Team To Reunite - Syracuse University Athletics

The 1974-75 Syracuse men's basketball team, the first Orange squad to advance to the NCAA Final Four, will reconvene for a 50th anniversary celebration on Sa...

cuse.com

The 1974-75 Syracuse men's basketball team, the first Orange squad to advance to the NCAA Final Four, will reconvene for a 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday, February 8, in the JMA Wireless Dome. The group will be honored at halftime of the Syracuse vs. Boston College game.

An encounter with Kansas City in the regional final was another thriller in which Syracuse prevailed, 95-87, in overtime. Hackett extended the game with a left-handed hook with five ticks on the clock in regulation. He ended up with 28 points and 16 boards in the game that provided Syracuse with its first venture to the Final Four.

Kansas CITY? Jesus H Christ.

Kansas State with the masked man Chuckie Williams!

While Steve Shaw, Rudy Hackett, Jimmy Lee are in the team picture, they are not mentioned on the roster.

Reggie Powell and Shack were not on that team.

Billy Keys was not on that team. He arrived the following year and then transferred out.

 

[AcAndAc]

First Final Four Team To Reunite - Syracuse University Athletics

The 1974-75 Syracuse men's basketball team, the first Orange squad to advance to the NCAA Final Four, will reconvene for a 50th anniversary celebration on Sa...

cuse.com

The 1974-75 Syracuse men's basketball team, the first Orange squad to advance to the NCAA Final Four, will reconvene for a 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday, February 8, in the JMA Wireless Dome. The group will be honored at halftime of the Syracuse vs. Boston College game.

Pretty cool how they had "regionals" to qualify for the Big Dance.

 

[PoppyHart]

Will they be scrimmaging the current team?

 

[Eric15]

Reminder that there is zero visual acknowledgement anywhere in the Dome of our first 1975 Final Four team.

And the best player on that team, Rudy Hackett, who averaged 22.2 ppg, 12.7 rpg, 3.1 apg, has not yet had his jersey retired.

Why are we so bad at this?

 

[AcAndAc]

Will they be scrimmaging the current team?

Will they win?

 

[orange79]

Will they be scrimmaging the current team?

Will they win?

This is NOT the thread for this.

 

[sutomcat]

An encounter with Kansas City in the regional final was another thriller in which Syracuse prevailed, 95-87, in overtime. Hackett extended the game with a left-handed hook with five ticks on the clock in regulation. He ended up with 28 points and 16 boards in the game that provided Syracuse with its first venture to the Final Four.

Kansas CITY? Jesus H Christ.

Kansas State with the masked man Chuckie Williams!

While Steve Shaw, Rudy Hackett, Jimmy Lee are in the team picture, they are not mentioned on the roster.

Reggie Powell and Shack were not on that team.

Billy Keys was not on that team. He arrived the following year and then transferred out.

LOL.

Hackett and Lee were the biggest stars on the team. Shaw was in the rotation and played quite a bit. How could they miss Rudy and Jimmy?

Oh well.

It would be great if one of the local TV stations could get the rights to the games against K State and UNC and show them on local TV while the team is in town. And if the games could be played before the game in the hopefully open for business Miron Victory Court.

Here are 26 minutes of huighlights of the SU-UNC game. Phil Ford was an AA for them at the time.

 

[Niastri]

Will they win?

I was born after Hackett played, but I've heard it said that it's a shame Hackett played before the NBA added the 3pt line, or he would have stuck around a lot longer.

I bet that Hackett, right now, could score 20 points against our team if they gave him 30 minutes. He's extraordinarily fit for his age, and shooting and being tall are the last skills to go.

 

[JustPherU]

LOL.

Hackett and Lee were the biggest stars on the team. Shaw was in the rotation and played quite a bit. How could they miss Rudy and Jimmy?

Oh well.

It would be great if one of the local TV stations could get the rights to the games against K State and UNC and show them on local TV while the team is in town. And if the games could be played before the game in the hopefully open for business Miron Victory Court.

Here are 26 minutes of huighlights of the SU-UNC game. Phil Ford was an AA for them at the time.

They used the 75-76 roster instead of the 74-75 roster.

 

[JustPherU]

I was born after Hackett played, but I've heard it said that it's a shame Hackett played before the NBA added the 3pt line, or he would have stuck around a lot longer.

I bet that Hackett, right now, could score 20 points against our team if they gave him 30 minutes. He's extraordinarily fit for his age, and shooting and being tall are the last skills to go.

I don’t remember Hackett shooting a lot of long range jumpers.Maybe you are thinking of Jimmy Lee or before him Greg Kohl’s would of really benefited from the 3 point line.

 

[dasher]

Reminder that there is zero visual acknowledgement anywhere in the Dome of our first 1975 Final Four team.

And the best player on that team, Rudy Hackett, who averaged 22.2 ppg, 12.7 rpg, 3.1 apg, has not yet had his jersey retired.

Why are we so bad at this?

Inept I guess Rudy played for the wrong head coach. It is a disgrace that he isn't honored.

 

[dasher]

LOL.

Hackett and Lee were the biggest stars on the team. Shaw was in the rotation and played quite a bit. How could they miss Rudy and Jimmy?

Oh well.

It would be great if one of the local TV stations could get the rights to the games against K State and UNC and show them on local TV while the team is in town. And if the games could be played before the game in the hopefully open for business Miron Victory Court.

Here are 26 minutes of huighlights of the SU-UNC game. Phil Ford was an AA for them at the time.

No kidding. i watched this just the other day. My favorite game of all time as a Syracuse fan. More than kansas in '03 I was just telling somone this the other day along with the 2 Minn twins wins by the sox on the final 2 days of the 1967 season. I was young.

 

[dasher]

I don’t remember Hackett shooting a lot of long range jumpers.Maybe you are thinking of Jimmy Lee or before him Greg Kohl’s would of really benefited from the 3 point line.

Jimmy was more of a 12 foot guy. He never missed from that distance. Kohl's would have been unreal with the 3 pt shot.

 

[General20]

Reminder that there is zero visual acknowledgement anywhere in the Dome of our first 1975 Final Four team.

And the best player on that team, Rudy Hackett, who averaged 22.2 ppg, 12.7 rpg, 3.1 apg, has not yet had his jersey retired.

Why are we so bad at this?

Been saying this for years. The entire process of retiring jerseys is a fraud until Hackett's goes up. The guy put up Carmello Anthony numbers (slightly better actually) while leading an essentially mid-major SU team to the final four.

 

[baggerbob]

No kidding. i watched this just the other day. My favorite game of all time as a Syracuse fan. More than kansas in '03 I was just telling somoen this the other day along with the 2 Minn twins wins by the sox on the final 2 days of the 1967 season. I was young.

Bug Williams getting te ball upcourt in less then 5 seconds for Hacket' s game winning bucket.

 

[Dick_in_MI]

Jimmy was more of a 12 foot guy. He never missed from that distance. Kohl's would have been unreal with the 3 pt shot.

Yep. For my money, Kid Kohls was the best shooter in SU history.

 

[hoopsupstate]

I always thought the only reason Hackett hasn’t had his jersey retired was that he was before Boeheim. It’s like nothing is important before he coached.

 

[orange79]

Bug Williams getting te ball upcourt in less then 5 seconds for Hacket' s game winning bucket.

Don't call me Bug!

 

[baggerbob]

Don't call me Bug!

But that's how he was referenced Jimmy Bug Williams. Go to orange hoops, and under
the year 1974-75 the writeup is that way.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I always thought the only reason Hackett hasn’t had his jersey retired was that he was before Boeheim. It’s like nothing is important before he coached.

Dennis DuVal
Billy Gabor
Vic Hanson
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Hackett was a player/coach in Italy for a while, then he worked for USC, and his kid played there.

Daniel Hackett - Men's Basketball - USC Athletics

Daniel Hackett (13) Guard - BREAKDOWN: Daniel Hackett, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound junior guard, is a versatile player with great court awareness and leadership skills.

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Maybe the timing never worked out?

 

[hoopsupstate]

Dennis DuVal
Billy Gabor
Vic Hanson
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh

You’re correct, but how can anyone say Hackett shouldn’t be up in the rafters.

 

[dasher]

Bug Williams getting te ball upcourt in less then 5 seconds for Hacket' s game winning bucket.

game tying?

 

[dasher]

Dennis DuVal
Billy Gabor
Vic Hanson
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh

There is truth to it though. Ask the guys that played for danforth how they have been treated compared to guys that played for jb.