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Message: [QUOTE="obliterata, post: 1442927, member: 1167"] Lewis coached SU for 6 years with 2 being losing seasons, including his last, and made one NCAA tournament. Dave Bing is arguably the greatest SU player of all-time and had a tremendous senior season as did the team that year. Lewis deserves a lot of credit for getting Bing and for having such a high-powered offense in '65-'66. In '64-'65 SU went 13-10 and missed the tournament, I don't think that's a very good record considering. No doubt, Lewis left the program in better shape than when he took over but on-the-court success could've been better. Danforth had no Bing. He inherited a losing program from Lewis, turned it around, and kept it headed in the right direction with 4 straight NCAA tournaments before he left. Danforth did so well that Coach Boeheim didn't have anything to turn around. [/QUOTE]