Most significant player in Syracuse history

[GooseMutt]

Melo?
Bing?
Boeheim?
Other?

Guarantee never get 100 percent consensus

 

[JarHeadJim]

Wallace!

 

[Dave]

Melo?
Bing?
Boeheim?
Other?

Guarantee never get 100 percent consensus

Pearl.

 

[Briancuse]

Most sig player was pearl, most sig person was Boeheim.

 

[PoppyHart]

Fab Melo might be up there.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Eric Ayala.

 

[SUGIANT]

Louie and/ or Bouie

 

[Zelda Zonk]

PEARL should be the consensus. Anything else is nonsense.

 

[dasher]

Bing put us on the map. Pearl made us a national player. Moten and Wallace saved us from being bad during the first probation. Melo won us a national title. Boeheim has kept us a national player more than we could ever hoped for when he took over in '76. My vote at the end of the day goes to Pearl.

 

[realorange]

Fab Melo might be up there.

For all the wrong reasons.

 

[djorange1989]

Pearl. No question. The Dome, the Big East and JB all were huge factors in SU becoming a national power, but Pearl is the guy who transformed us, almost overnight.

 

[cmr27]

Pearl made 'Cuse "Must See" TV back when college hoops was just starting to break big on cable. He had more imagination than anyone I've seen at 'Cuse.

 

[DonLightfoot]

PEARL should be the consensus. Anything else is nonsense.

Probably for the majority, but for me I would also put Derek Coleman at the same level.

 

[Brooky03]

I'm partial to the guy who got us a Championship, Carmelo Anthony.

 

[GooseMutt]

Bing Coleman Melo Pearl Douglas Who's best player on the court?

 

[rocklloyd]

Winfred Walton?

 

[MSOrange]

Dave Siock

But seriously, I'll go with 2 - so sue me if that's against the rules:
Carmelo for delivering the greatest moment in my sports life
The Pearl for blazing the trail and making it possible.

 

[cuseattle]

Pearl. He put the eyes of the nation on the program.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Boeheim in the 60s. He started it all.

 

[rrlbees]

Pearl

 

[Hoo's That]

Dave Bing

 

[cuseinseattle]

Melo?
Bing?
Boeheim?
Other?

Guarantee never get 100 percent consensus

Pearl

 

[TinyManInside]

pretty close between Pearl and Wallace.

Pearl because he legitimized Boeheim has a major recruiter, Wallace because he almost singlehandedly kept us good through some lean years post-probation. Committing to SU with the university facing a post season ban was the ultimate show of loyalty.

 

[Trueblue25]

Wallace, then Pearl and there's no one else.


Has to be Wallace though.

 

[RF2044]

Pearl.

Wallace.

Coleman.

Moten.

Carmelo.

Pearl put us on the map as a national power [with an assist from ESPN and the burgeoning / fledgling Big East conference]. Wallace was a blue chipper who decided to stay home, which kept things afloat during a troubled time in program history, and led us to the NC game. Coleman was a big time recruit who ended up being the best player in college basketball and an eventual #1 pick. Moten was a lightly regarded recruit who far outshot his rankings and became the all time BE scoring leader, a key during a time where we struggled to recruit in the aftermath of probation. Carmelo led us to our only title.