The supposed greatest recruiting class ever

[BludOrange]

96'-97' class had me more excited than any other year, too bad it never panned out.

Jason Hart
Ramel Lloyd
LeSean Howard
Winfred Walton
Etan Thomas

And you could throw in Blackwell, but he had to sit that year.

 

[IthacaMatt]

We haven’t had an offensive plan in a decade

Go back and watch the Slippery Rock game online. That's the offense.

 

[Dinkyspond]

Keith wasn't behind Hak. There was about 15 years in between. Keith was behind D.C. and Owens

I think Stevie Thompson too

 

[Dinkyspond]

Was quite flawed.

Watching Bell fail to chase down a basic & crucial rebound that bounced all the way out to him. Watching him, down 4, & scoring on like a 5'10 player proceed to stare him down like Angel Reese stalking Caitlin Clark & doing the 'too small' gesture, is just so embarrassing. Yeah, he shot his way to 18 points, but so much yapping & lack of hustle, until the very last play (which was a good play).

Peter Carey - 3 points for Siena

Taylor - 2 points for James Madison

Quadir - 0 points & 4 rebounds for McNeese

Maliq played 22 minutes and doesn't even start for Duke, I think his stats were 2 points, 7 boards and 4 assists, not bad for 22 minutes though

 

[OttoinGrotto]

96'-97' class had me more excited than any other year, too bad it never panned out.

Jason Hart
Ramel Lloyd
LeSean Howard
Winfred Walton
Etan Thomas

And you could throw in Blackwell, but he had to sit that year.

The Hart/Blackwell/Etan trifecta was really successful overall despite Lloyd and Howard transferring out and Walton never suiting up.

Walton is an all-time "what coulda been" guy.

 

[jncuse]

Q had an efficient 17-7-4, on 7-9 shooting in 22 minutes. Coming off the bench.
Mind you the competition was the College of Biblical Studies.

 

[two3zone]

Q had an efficient 17-7-4, on 7-9 shooting in 22 minutes. Coming off the bench.
Mind you the competition was the College of Biblical Studies.

I need footage or I won't believe this game was played. That school has a team? Lol

 

[jncuse]

I need footage or I won't believe this game was played. That school has a team? Lol

No footage of the men's game, but there is video of the woman's game played earlier that night

 

[two3zone]

No footage of the men's game, but there is video of the woman's team who played earlier that night

Wait, nuns don't work on Sundays.

 

[PeteCalvin]

My vote for our best class ever goes to class of 86:

DC
Stevie
Earl Duncan
Keith Hughes
Matt Roe

Stevie and Earl Duncan were in the Street and Smith’s Top 20 that year, but DC wasn’t. He blew up after the publication. I remember Michigan’s top recruit, 6-10 Terry Mills, and Rumeal Robinson were in it. DC owned Mills in their senior HS season. Tito Horford, father of Al Horford, was one of the top two centers in that class. I remember being so pissed that Mills was rated over Coleman.

 

[NYCorange]

Carmelo/Gerry and The Legend Matt Gorman is a pretty good class too.

 

[Phillymoose]

Carmelo/Gerry and The Legend Matt Gorman is a pretty good class too.

I was there for just about all of it, and even if the class were reduced to just these two members - it is really is the only right answer.
Billy beat out Alonzo as 'the #1' recruit that year cover of SI and everything (and I love Billy for the 1990 Gtown game alone), but he will forever be tainted by the Richmond debacle.

 

[Eric15]

We haven’t had an offensive plan in a decade

We have had concepts of a plan.

 

[Eric15]

96'-97' class had me more excited than any other year, too bad it never panned out.

Jason Hart
Ramel Lloyd
LeSean Howard
Winfred Walton
Etan Thomas

And you could throw in Blackwell, but he had to sit that year.

Eh, I’m not sure I would say that. 96-97 was a dud but the three years after that were strong. 1999-00 was one of the better seasons in SU history.

 

[Sherman20]

Wow that's a haul. Only thing close that comes to mind is Fair, Fab Melo, Dion, Keita.

Johnny Flynn, Scoop, Rick Jackson, Donte Green was highly rated and helped propel us to the 2008-14 golden age.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Q had an efficient 17-7-4, on 7-9 shooting in 22 minutes. Coming off the bench.
Mind you the competition was the College of Biblical Studies.

They run a really orthodox offense.

 

[rvandersy]

Was quite flawed.

Watching Bell fail to chase down a basic & crucial rebound that bounced all the way out to him. Watching him, down 4, & scoring on like a 5'10 player proceed to stare him down like Angel Reese stalking Caitlin Clark & doing the 'too small' gesture, is just so embarrassing. Yeah, he shot his way to 18 points, but so much yapping & lack of hustle, until the very last play (which was a good play).

Peter Carey - 3 points for Siena

Taylor - 2 points for James Madison

Quadir - 0 points & 4 rebounds for McNeese

Stop the nonsense. Everybody including Boeheim knew that class wasn't even in his top 15 or 20 best classes. What's he gonna say...I can't recruit anymore?

 

[swish7]

Stop the nonsense. Everybody including Boeheim knew that class wasn't even in his top 15 or 20 best classes. What's he gonna say...I can't recruit anymore?

What's he gonna say? Lol. It's literally what he said.

 

[SoBristol]

What's he gonna say? Lol. It's literally what he said.

Well, the point is that no one on this board believed it was his best ever class. How could it be?

 

[rrlbees]

What's he gonna say? Lol. It's literally what he said.

Sometimes coaches say things for the players to hear.

 

[HyattsCuse]

Q had an efficient 17-7-4, on 7-9 shooting in 22 minutes. Coming off the bench.
Mind you the competition was the College of Biblical Studies.

Yikes, he's coming off the bench there? I wonder how that happened since he was actually picked for the preseason All-SLC first team? That must have been based solely on his Syracuse pedigree.

 

[swish7]

Sometimes coaches say things for the players to hear.

Point taken