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I have been watching Syracuse basketball since around 1972. Lawrence was the smartest and smoothest player I ever saw wearing the Syracuse uniform.

It was a joy to watch him play.

I’m sorry to hear he has passed.

RIP Lawrence. You are one of a kind.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I literally bought a vintage cursive script jersey of him over the summer.

I was born in 1982, so I was a bit too young to be emotionally attached to our players from the 80s. The Autry/Moten/Wallace era is what really began my love affair with SU basketball.

As others have mentioned, there was a coolness to his game (George Gervin-esque) that will perhaps never be replicated here. I'm confident SU will do something special at a game this year to honor his legacy.

I know we hate each other 99% of the time, but for whatever it's worth, the Boneyard has a very kind and respectful thread about him going.

Club 82 here too.

 

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[shandeezy7]

Man, this one hurts. If you’re a kid of a certain age that grew up in cuse, Lawrence Moten was an icon. The amount of kids that I played against at all the Syracuse parochial elementary schools in the early-to-mid-90’s that wore their socks high like him was overwhelming. We all wanted to play like him. To be as cool as him. What a sad day. RIP, Poetry.

 

[Cuse_NYC]

Still no cause?

 

[Otto21]

He was the reason I wore 21 and the reason it became my all time favorite and lucky number. Will still Moten sock at times. So very sad, perhaps he was simply ready to ascend to the next plane, if it exists. RIP

 

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[Bayside44]

Syracuse basketball great Moten dies at age 53

Lawrence Moten, a basketball star at Syracuse in the early 1990s who still holds the program scoring record, has died. He was 53.

www.espn.com

 

[Irt4su]

Just so sad. What an amazing college basketball player and probably could have been our number 1 wr too. Great athlete, great ambassador for the Orange, even greater human being. RIP21

 

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[CuseBBall]

He was my first “favorite player.” This makes me sad. RIP

 

[FloridaCuse]

"I wasn't going to Georgetown."

 

[JonB]

I loved poetry. What a sad day. He was a Scoring machine. Heaven got a great one today.

 

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!!!!!

 

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Washington, D.C.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

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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Hard to believe that was eight years ago. Seems like yesterday. Everything about him was special. Was the star of some really fun teams. Glad I had the opportunity to watch him play for four years. Prayers to his family and friends.

 

[Briancuse]

Just awful, he was really the first syracuse player I idolized growing up. Rip you were a legend.

 

[UGHV]

Just met him for the first time last month. When he heard I was a Cuse fan he came over, chatted me up and offered to take a picture. Very cool and engaging dude. Legend.