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Message: [QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 280862, member: 34"] [B][COLOR=#000080][URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Syracuse/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]SYRACUSE[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL] [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#000080][B]The basketball outlook was so bad here until [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Fred_Lewis/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Coach Fred Lewis[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL] arrived two years ago from Southern Mississippi that [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Syracuse/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Syracuse[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL] could not even give away basketball scholarships. The team lost 27 at one stretch, an [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]NCAA[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL] record. Alumni felt disgraced. With [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Fred_Lewis/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Lewis[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL], [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Syracuse/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Syracuse[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL] went to 8-13 last year, and the figures should at least be reversed. [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Fred_Lewis/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Lewis[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL] has a spectacular sophomore, [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Dave_Bing/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Dave Bing[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL], and Chuck Richards, 6-foot-8 transfer from Army, among other goodies. The schedule is going national, there is another good freshman team and the town of [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Syracuse/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Syracuse[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL], which just lost its pro team, has something to be proud of again[/B][/COLOR] [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1075468/5/index.htm'][B][COLOR=#000080][U]SI December 9, 1963[/U][/COLOR][/B][/URL] [COLOR=#000080][B]For once there was some semblance of order in the attack against [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Syracuse/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Syracuse[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL]. After some typically bad moments with their old nemesis, the full-court press, and [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Syracuse/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Syracuse[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL] sophomore [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Dave_Bing/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Dave Bing[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL]'s superb jump-shooting (he scored 31 points), the Violets got together. They moved the ball purposefully, [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Happy_Hairston/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Happy Hairston[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL] and [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Barry_Kramer/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Barry Kramer[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL] teamed up for 49 points, and [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/New_York_University/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm'][COLOR=#000080][U][U][COLOR=#0066cc]NYU[/COLOR][/U][/U][/COLOR][/URL] won 77-68.*[/B][/COLOR] [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1075779/1/index.htm'][B][COLOR=#191970][U]SI March 23, 1964[/U][/COLOR][/B][/URL] [COLOR=#000080][B]*Footnote[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]Went to dinner last night with the point guard from NYU who played in that game. He said JB hit him with so many sharp elbows that he had bruises for weeks.[/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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