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Message: [QUOTE="cto, post: 1679637, member: 412"] This dinner is held every year after conclusion of the regular season. JB speaks about the season and the outlook for the post-season, and he talks about the seniors. The seniors all get to speak, and a worthy former Syracusian is given the Vic Hansen award. It is a great event, and I am always surprised that more folks here do not attend it. I am not Tomcat of the total recall, and tonight I was seated at a table where I could not take notes. Therefore this report will be pretty superficial. That said, here are some of the highlights. 1) Craig Forth, center on our 2003 NC team, and currently a principal in the Albany area, was honored with the Vic Hansen award. He was there with his wife, his two beautiful children and his parents Murray and Maggie whom I got to know when Craig was a student here. JB noted Craig was SU's only two-time Academic All-American, and he wondered how Craig managed to get one B among his otherwise straight-A record here. 2) JB was effusive in his praise of both Trevor Cooney and Michael Gbinije. Both players spoke positively about their experiences here. I had not heard this before but apparently Adrian Autry was key in getting Michael to transfor here from Duke. 3). JB was was very insightful and funny in his introductions of all the other players. I will not try to recapture it here. All I will say is that more people should attend this dinner if they want an inside look at the players and non-playing basketball personnel. Plus AD Mark Coyle and all the other senior athletic department folks were there, wandering around during the pre-dinner reception and chatting with all who wanted to meet them. I know this is a pretty boring report about an evening that definitely was not boring. Solution: Attend one of these dinners and you will not be bored. PS... The good news is that I did not get arrested after the dinner this year. I remembered that Harrison is a one-way street near the On Center. [/QUOTE]

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