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[QUOTE="moqui, post: 302371, member: 214"]
Again, the original post was an "all things considered, signature players of the program" standard, not necessarily the best player on the floor standard.  Here are my top 5:
 
1.  Kris - the 2003 national title notwithstanding, Kris' four year run is one of the greatest in the entire history of the program.  If the late 80s was the Golden Age, this is the Silver Age (while 96 and 03 were one-off runs).  Kris himself was not a transcendant player, but he is the guy who reps that run (and, oh by the way, he is one of only 16 players all time to notch 1400+ points and 600+ boards). Basketball is a team game, and the sustained excellence of the team for all four of his years (fourth most wins in the nation over that period, trailing only Duke, Kansas and Kentucky) nudges him over the top, IMO
 
2.  Carmelo - an unquestionably transcendent player whose brilliance and post-career giving overcome the fact that he played just a single year
 
3.  Hakim Warrick - the #2 guy on the title team, a consensus All American (sorry, General, but he is only a 1 time consensus AA), one of just three Orange all time to get 2000 points and 1000 boards.
 
4.  GMac - the author of several memorable moments in school history and, while highly overrated on the court, he remains massively popular off the court, and he serves as a familion for every short white chucker out there - which is the majority of every team's fan base.
 
5.  Devo - one from the dark side.  Like it or not, Syracuse basketball has a shadow to it that has to be acknowledged, and Eric is the best representative of that.  Also, after the hangover following the national title, Devo was the first McD AA to join the program (boning Tom Izzo in the process) and kicked off the best string of highly rated national recruits in two decades.
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