Syracuse basketball's greatest freshmen ranked 1 through 25

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse basketball's greatest freshmen ranked 1 through 25

A ranking of the top freshmen in Syracuse basketball history.

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[pfister1]

Yeah, but who had the greatest Sophomore bounce in SU history?

 

[Vshukla]

Yeah, but who had the greatest Sophomore bounce in SU history?

I vote for Sherman. He went from barely playing to becoming possibly the best guard in the country in 1 year.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Yeah, but who had the greatest Sophomore bounce in SU history?

That is a good question. Off the top of my head I would say Etan Thomas, Stevie Thompson and Billy Owens come to mind. Tyus Battle would be on the list as well.

 

[cuseinseattle]

I vote for Sherman. He went from barely playing to becoming possibly the best guard in the country in 1 year.

Very true for some reason I didn't think about him initially but he has to be #1

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Yeah, but who had the greatest Sophomore bounce in SU history?

Louis McCroskey bounced a chair once.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Top 25 SU freshmen (number one will SHOCK you!)


Jk it’s Melo.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Mike did a really good job with this list. I agree with the order for the most part and have no major issues. Everyone is about where I would expect.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Yeah, but who had the greatest Sophomore bounce in SU history?

Fab Melo.

 

[RF2044]

Sherman is a great call.

Hak is up there, too.

 

[Eric15]

Fab Melo.

I kind of forgot about that ceremonial one minute of action that Fab would get at the beginning of games his frosh year before getting pulled every time. And then he became a first round NBA pick.

 

[OrangeDW]

That is a good question. Off the top of my head I would say Etan Thomas, Stevie Thompson and Billy Owens come to mind. Tyus Battle would be on the list as well.

Etan came to mind for me too.

Hakim Warrick made a huge jump.

Damone Brown as well.

Burgan went from like 8th man as a freshman to one of the better players on a national title runner up.

Shumpert became a really good 6th man on a really good team as a soph.

 

[Vshukla]

That is a good question. Off the top of my head I would say Etan Thomas, Stevie Thompson and Billy Owens come to mind. Tyus Battle would be on the list as well.

I don’t really think of guys like Tyus and Billy as making a big jump. They showed enough as freshmen that I expected more production as sophomores. Their sophomore increase was just a result of their getting more opportunities.
Billy in particular could have done more as a freshman if he wasn’t deferring to DC, Sherman and Stevie.

 

[sutomcat]

I vote for Sherman. He went from barely playing to becoming possibly the best guard in the country in 1 year.

Good call. MCW had a massive jump in production, similarly fueled largely by a vast increase in playing time. But it wasn't quite as good as Sherm's.

Jerami Grant had a nice bump his sophomore season. So did Paul Harris. As did Elijah Hughes., if you count his stats from East Carolina.

Arinze Onuaku should be considered. He came from nowhere to have a fine sophomore season, which was arguably his best as an Orangeman.

 

[pfister1]

For you fellow old pipl Marty Byrnes had a pretty nice sophomore bump.

Does he ever come around, you don’t hear his name mentioned much?

 

[bryanradams]

Dion Waiters had a really good soph season

 

[tbonezone]

billy owens had all the skills of carmelo but walked into a team loaded with talent as noted above.
and just hindsight and not a popular opinion but i always felt more stevie t. and we beat indiana.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

I thought Harris would belong on the list and that he was as good as a freshman as he was the next 2 years. Could be wrong.

 

[Bill Orange]

Danny Boyle.

 

[Eric15]

I thought Harris would belong on the list

I know I'm still annoyed at Tobias Harris also.