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Message: [QUOTE="cuseinseattle, post: 2157966, member: 2504"] I'm going to go: 1. Pearl Washington - He started everything and I would argue much of what happened would have never come to pass. He as the #1 HS player in the country and the made every kid in NYC want to wear orange. After he came everyone knew Syracuse as Boeheim has said. Without out him who knows what would have happened. We could have been a middle of the road team in the Big East and gotten eaten alive. He changed everything. 2. Derrick Coleman - He is the most talented player I think we ever had. More than Pearl even. I really thought he was going have a Karl Malone type NBA career. Even though that never happened he was still amazing and stayed 4 years. If his back had been ok we would have beaten Illinois and won the whole thing. I was 10 years old at the time and this event almost broke me. I went to elementary school with a kid who had just moved from Illinois and I told my mom that I needed to change schools. She didn't understand. Still doesn't. 3. Sherman Douglas - Maybe he should be lower I'm not sure but I just love him so much this is the lowest he could be. I wasn't old enough to experience Pearl when it happened. This was the first player I ever followed when I was in 2nd grade. I wanted to be him and thought he was the best. I would practice alley oop passed by my self outside my house. My dad came out and said why do you keep air balling the ball. You normally make them. I told him I was working on my Sherman Douglas alley oop passed. I probably went back in the house thinking his kid was crazy. 4. Carmelo Anthony - It may have been 1 year but it was amazing and he was amazing. My brother was at the final 4 that year trying to get a coaching job and was given tickets. He texted me during the Texas game and said Melo was dominating that game like no individui 5. John Wallace - I think he really gets overlooked. He decided to stay home and not go to UK even though he knew that he wasn't going to play in the tourney as a freshman. His senior year we go to the Final 4 and it really allowed for not having a lot of down years right after. 6. Billy Owens - One of my favorite offensive players to watch. It was so cool having a Cuse guy on the cover of SI back before the regional covers. That was a big deal. Great player and kind of gets overlooked at time because of the other good players right before him and during him. 7. Roosevelt Bouie - Does Boeheim win 100 games in the first 4 years and really get the thing going with Bouie. I'm not sure. I think the fact he is such a great guy and kind of soft spoken means he gets a little overlooked. Maybe also because it was right before the Big East came to be. What a player though judging from the footage I've seen. 8. Lawrence Moten - Old reliable. This is probably too low for the all time leading scoring in program history but it's not because he wasn't great. It's amazing how he would always score when he wasn't a great perimeter shooter or a really quick guy. Just so smart. The more I think about it I'm not sure how he did it. Great player and I spent 4 years of my childhood wearing socks up to my knee because of him. I got made fun of non-stop. I'm not sure what it was like in Syracuse but in Portland, Oregon there wasn't quite the big Lawrence Moten following. 9. Rony Seikaly - Best offensive big man we have ever had. He was on some amazing teams and went on to have a solid NBA career. I always liked other players on the teams that he was on more than him so he was never my favorite but still respected his game and thought he was good. 10. Johnny Flynn - This last spot was hard. I was thinking Flynn, G-Mac or Warrick and just went with Flynn because he basically averaged 16 points and 6 assists in two years and was a lottery pick. If he had been healthy and had a good 10-12 NBA career I think he would be looked at way differently. He also was the Big East Tourney MVP and was a mad man in the 6 OT. Maybe it's wrong to pick him because of that but it was down to him and Warrick who I also love. Warrick probably should get it for the block in the title game so I could go that way too. Both great players. [/QUOTE]

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