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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2208187, member: 289"]
The three years before Bing: 4-19, 2-22, 8-13, (he was on the freshman team).
The three years of Bing: 17-8, 13-10, 22-6
The years after Bing: 20-6, (then the academic/legal problems hit, as well as a rebellion against the coach) 11-14, 9-16, 12-12. Then 47 consecutive winning seasons. If we could have fielded a line-up of Wayne Ward, Bill Smith, Bob McDaniel, Ernie Austin and Tom Green, the streak would probably be 54 winning seasons in a row, which would tie us with UCLA.

The three years before the Pearl: 22-12, 16-13, (Rautins missed 7 games in mid-season with an injury), 21-10
The three years of the Pearl: 23-9, 22-9, 26-6
The years afterwards were our best: 31-7. 26-9, 30-8, 26-7, 26-6. The Pearl contributed to that but so did Boeheim, the Dome,. the Big East and ESPN.

The three years before Melo: 26-6, 25-9, 23-13
The Year of Melo: 30-5 and a national championship. We couldn't have done it without him but we didn't do it alone.
The three years after Melo: 23-8, 27-7, 23-12. I remember thinking that the experience of winning a national championship with such a young team would cause us to perform at a higher level than the talent suggested, even without Melo because of the maturity and confidence the team gained.:) If GMAC hadn't gone off against BYU, we would have been one and done in the Big Dance three years in a row. :(

They were all great and highly significant players but none had the impact on the program of Dave Bing.
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