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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 4224086, member: 6809"] [TABLE] [TR] [TD] My choice for a point is in a totally different portal but I can dream. [/TD] [TD][RIGHT][/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]6'0"[/B][/TD] [TD][B]165 lbs[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Guard[/B][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]HS: Spingarn[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Washington, DC[/B][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]Born: 9/15/1966[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Washington, DC[/B][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Sherman Douglas was the ultimate floor leader, leading Syracuse to its best three year run in school history. 'The General' was an excellent ball handler, who was a clutch scorer during the crucial moments of the game.ouglas graduated from Springarn High School in Washington D.C., the same school that [URL='http://www.orangehoops.org/dbing.htm']Dave Bing[/URL] attended. Douglas was not highly recruited, with Syracuse being the only Division I school to offer him a scholarship. As a freshman, Douglas saw limited playing time as the dynamic [URL='http://www.orangehoops.org/DWashington.htm']Pearl Washington[/URL] was running the show. However, the practice time everyday against the Pearl was invaluable in Douglas’ development. Douglas had big shoes to fill his sophomore season, as the Pearl left early. Suddenly thrust early into the starting role, expectations were not very high. Everyone was wrong, as Douglas proved to be an excellent floor general and a big scorer. He led the Orangemen in scoring, and they won the Big East regular season championship. That was only the beginning, however, as the Orangemen got even hotter. Douglas played phenomenally in the Big East tournament, scoring a tournament record [URL='http://www.orangehoops.org/Syracuse30points.htm']35 points[/URL] against Pittsburgh in the semi-finals (since broken), along with 11 assists. Syracuse would lose in the Big East finals to rival Georgetown, but not due to Douglas' efforts (he had another 20 points, 8 assists). Douglas guided the team through the NCAA tournament, and they reached the NCAA Championship game. Only a Keith Smart shot with seconds remaining spoiled the miraculous run. Douglas showed himself to be able to run the fast break as well as any player in the country. His trademark was the alley-oop pass, lobbing the ball up near the hoop as sky-walker [URL='http://www.orangehoops.org/SThompson.htm']Stevie Thompson[/URL] or big men [URL='http://www.orangehoops.org/DColeman.htm']Derrick Coleman[/URL] and [URL='http://www.orangehoops.org/RSeikaly.htm']Rony Seikaly[/URL] would slam it home. Douglas would often focus on passing the ball early in the games, and then would revert to becoming a scorer during the crunch moments of the game. He was gifted at helping his teammates get the easy basket, and very good at minimizing turnovers. Full court presses against Syracuse were foolish because Douglas always seemed to break them. [/QUOTE]

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