Poetry in Motion...

[sabach]

Oh no. Im sick to my stomach. He was so smooth on the court. Gone waaaay too soon. Rest easy. Orange forever.

 

[PASyrFan]

Held the Big East Scoring Record for 25 years. He made everything look easy. RIP Cuse Legend.

 

[PeteCalvin]

I’ll be flying my socks at full staff for the game on Saturday. He made the game of basketball seem so effortless. Smooth doesn’t even begin to describe how he played. You could watch a game and then realize he had the quietest 30 pts in the building that night. What a gut punch. Thoughts and prayers to his family, friends and teammates. And to all of you.

 

[BomberOrange]

At a loss for words. One of my favorites of all time. RIP #21

 

[llandz]

I’m just devastated. I helped put Lawrence into the New Hampton School Hall of Fame from where we both graduated HS before attending SU. Lawrence and I bonded over that. Plus I introduced him at a football game to our alumni from AZ who was at the game celebrating his 90th birthday. You may remember that Kim Infanti interviewed him on the big screen. Lawrence sat with Jim for 15 minutes talking about his grandmother.

 

[Cuse99&01]

This is awful. He is my favorite player in Cuse history.

When I tried to walk on my freshman year he was back in the Cuse scrimmaging and Coach Hopkins introduced me to him. It was like meeting one of my idols. Ran into him a second time when he was playing/coaching Boeheim's Army (believe it was the first year they participated in TBT). They had a game in Chicago on DePaul's campus and I was wearing my Cuse 21 jersey. As he was walking up the stands next to me he stopped to appreciate I was rockin his jersey.

RIP to a legend!

 

[Blanko97]

Awful too hear. Was never lucky enough to meet him but my FIL spoke fondly of him and his contributions to the community throughout his life.

 

[MaxwellCuse]

Rest in peace Lawrence. Condolences to your family and friends.

 

[Cuse99&01]

I’ll be flying my socks at full staff for the game on Saturday. He made the game of basketball seem so effortless. Smooth doesn’t even begin to describe how he played. You could watch a game and then realize he had the quietest 30 pts in the building that night. What a gut punch. Thoughts and prayers to his family, friends and teammates. And to all of you.

I wore the knee high socks in high school because of him

 

[djorange1989]

Good lord, way too soon. Amazing player and person. He stuck it out when we got hit with probation in 1992-93, kept the program going when it could have really started reeling. Prayers to his family and friends

 

[MGP]

Socks up! RIP, Legend...

 

[Fly Rodder]

Ooof, a legend and someone who I never saw shy away from chatting with fans at the Dome. RIP, Poetry.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Remember doing laundry at the same place as him and his girlfriend at the time. LOVED watching him play. This one sucks.

 

[sabach]

Pearl, Moten, McRae, Fab. I'm sure I'm missing someone but SU hoops has really lost some star players way too young. Heartbreaking.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Thankfully he saw his jersey raised in the dome, so well deserved. This loss is a shock and gut punch for sure.

"Poetry In Moten" SU Legend Lawrence Moten to have jersey retired

Lawrence Moten is the all-time leading scorer in Syracuse Basketball history with 2,334 points.Let that sink in. Two-Thousand, three hundred thirty four points.He beat Derrick Coleman's record and held off John Wallace by 215 points.In fact nobody has ecl

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[tptcuse]

This is so sad. RIP

 

[M2MPrinciples]

RIP. He was as smooth as they came and a great ambassador for SU hoops.

Hopefully Red is showing the team some of his highlights this week and sharing some stories. Would love to see them come out in high socks one game as a tribute.

 

[Cuse99&01]

For any hip hop fans...his high socks were used as a metaphor in this song (around the 1:58 mark).

 

[DoctahLexus]

Such a shame. The brief syracuse.com article does not mention that he was doing some excellent work in Syracuse before his recent move to DC. Not a native to the area but still was working hard on the ground level to make this place better. He will be greatly missed and should be remembered for his accomplishments off the court as well.

 

[CuseFan]

RIP Poetry. You will be missed.

 

[JarHeadJim]

I don't even know what to write......

 

[dasher]

Stunned

 

[Noexcuse]

Pearl, Moten, McRae, Fab. I'm sure I'm missing someone but SU hoops has really lost some star players way too young. Heartbreaking.

And Louie. That’s a damn good starting 5 right there.

 

[SU94]

Think about this...
His unfortunate and ill-timed timeout call upended an upset bid against defending national champion Arkansas in March 1995. But he was so good, smooth and relatable, everyone Orange absolutely LOVES and CHERISHES the guy for the next 30+ years of his life. That is actually beautiful.

He decidedly resides within the inner circle of Syracuse basketball icons.

And his passing is a true stinger.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Such a shame. The brief syracuse.com article does not mention that he was doing some excellent work in Syracuse before his recent move to DC. Not a native to the area but still was working hard on the ground level to make this place better. He will be greatly missed and should be remembered for his accomplishments off the court as well.

Has to hit Red hard, having been a multi year teammate of his too.