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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 5270186, member: 6809"] Yes, I wish people on this board could see tape of Coleman and Seikaly. We then had two of the best big men in the country. We were 31-7 in 1987 and National Champion runner - up. Some info about Derrick: [JUSTIFY]Coleman stayed at Syracuse all four years, helping the team to a school record 114 wins during that era, against only 30 losses. Along the way, the team would start his sophomore year as the #1 ranked team in the country and win the [URL='http://www.orangehoops.org/BigEast/BE_Championships.htm']Big East Championship[/URL]. As a junior, he moved to the center position replacing Seikaly, and played the position well. As a senior, Coleman would achieve a [URL='http://www.orangehoops.org/SyracuseTripleDouble.htm']triple double[/URL] against C.W. Post, would be named the [URL='http://www.orangehoops.org/BigEast/BE_Player_of_the_Year.htm']Big East Player of the Year[/URL], and would make first team All-American. Coleman would be the NCAA's all-time rebounding leader when he graduated (later eclipsed by Tim Duncan in 1997). Overall, while at Syracuse he would be named to the [URL='http://www.orangehoops.org/BigEast/BE_Conference_Teams_Player.htm']Big East All Conference First Team [/URL]three times, after making the third team as a freshman. In 1990, after graduation, Coleman was the #1 pick in the [URL='http://www.orangehoops.org/SyracuseNBA.htm']NBA[/URL] draft by the New Jersey Nets. He would have a solid NBA career, though considered by many to be disappointing if only because greatness was expected from him. He would win the NBA's Rookie of the Year award in 1991 and make the NBA All-Star team in 1994. His first five years in the league saw him averaging 20 points per game, with 10 1/2 rebounds a game, and a little over 3 assists per game. Injuries and weight problems would hamper him after that, though he was still a solid NBA player. Coleman spent 15 years in the NBA with the New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76'ers, Charlotte Hornets and Detroit Pistons.[/JUSTIFY] [/QUOTE]

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