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One of the truly iconic photos in SU basketball history.

But what on earth was the situation by which it occurred?
 
I absolutely love these, blue shorts and all. Think it looks really sharp. Best Syracuse basketball uniforms since '03
 
One of the truly iconic photos in SU basketball history.

But what on earth was the situation by which it occurred?

2002 NIT Semis vs South Carolina. Both teams were told to show up in white jerseys (I think we were both #2 seeds). OOPS. An SU staffer was put in a cab and went back to the hotel to grab the orange unis. Players changed into orange jerseys for the rest of the 1st half, and went all orange in the 2nd.
 
One of the truly iconic photos in SU basketball history.

But what on earth was the situation by which it occurred?

The NIT tournament organizers mistakenly told both SU and South Carolina that they would be the home team for the game, so both teams brought their white uniforms. SU was actually the road team, so the orange gear was picked up back at the team hotel, with a police escort as I understand it.
 
The NIT tournament organizers mistakenly told both SU and South Carolina that they would be the home team for the game, so both teams brought their white uniforms. SU was actually the road team, so the orange gear was picked up back at the team hotel, with a police escort as I understand it.

South Carolina was staying across the Hudson, while SU's hotel was only a few blocks away. Easier for us to change.
 
great top . . . shorts could be worse - could be those early 80s crotch-hugger short-shorts
 
I absolutely love these, blue shorts and all. Think it looks really sharp. Best Syracuse basketball uniforms since '03
But you probably like stripes with plaids too. :)
 
I had not thought of Billy Celuck in years. But I loved Kueth! They actually look a bit embarrassed wearing those mismatched uni pieces.
That could't have been by design could it? Was this a case of equipment not making it to the Road arena in time?
BTW I am not a blue fan, but their blue uni's looked sharp to me. We had blue uni's the first few years in the 70s when I first started following.
 
I am surprised SU never wore blue shorts.. back in the 70's many uniforms were 2 tone. Most schools wore dark bottoms and then had home/roads tops.. I think the blue looks sharp if you are really looking for a 70's look.
 
To complete that retro uniform, we should wear Nehru warmup jackets, Duct tape gray, of course.
 
I've been saying this over on the football unis thread but it applies here too... It was inevitable that people complained about these, no matter how much people wanted the cursive back. Unbelievable.

The shorts are stupid, they don't match, and we never wore them ever.

They screwed up an incredibly simple thing to get right...don't blame us for pointing it out.
 
I think the issue (at least for me) is that these throwbacks are not really throwbacks in the sense that SU never wore blue shorts with the script tops. If the shorts were orange, it would make more sense. But some people (maybe myself included) can never be satisfied.
Nothing wrong in wanting the 'throwbacks' to be 'thrown back' to a uni we actually wore.

I hope they sell the top in #44.

I'll pass on the 'land of make believe' shorts.
 
The SU and Ohio State unis suck. The rest are terrific. I think we need to sign up with Under Amour. Nike has been failing us.

WHAT? ours are awesome!

again - dont look at the colors - more than likely we will be wearing white on white.
 
Nothing wrong in wanting the 'throwbacks' to be 'thrown back' to a uni we actually wore.
I'll pass on the 'land of make believe' shorts.

Shocker, Nike screws up a very simple SU uniform design. Just for curiousities sake, I'd like to have been a fly on the wall during the campaign meeting which determined the arrangement. I wonder why Cuse and the OSU (and maybe one other) are the only two with mismatches, and the rest are true to history. I almost wish they had made the shorts white. We could've run Celuck highlights! Wasn't the one good game in his career against BC?

It also surprises me how this becomes yet another topic where some posters are unbearably surprised that some here are complaining about something we all should complain about. Now we're bad fans for having a negative opinion about uniforms. Thank God this news did not break during last night's chat room!
 
I'm not a fan of the shorts if they're a combo to go along with the orange jerseys, but I'd love to have a pair in my collection of SU gear.
 
Shocker, Nike screws up a very simple SU uniform design. Just for curiousities sake, I'd like to have been a fly on the wall during the campaign meeting which determined the arrangement. I wonder why Cuse and the OSU (and maybe one other) are the only two with mismatches, and the rest are true to history. I almost wish they had made the shorts white. We could've run Celuck highlights! Wasn't the one good game in his career against BC?

It also surprises me how this becomes yet another topic where some posters are unbearably surprised that some here are complaining about something we all should complain about. Now we're bad fans for having a negative opinion about uniforms. Thank God this news did not break during last night's chat room!

Nobody said you're a bad fan. Maybe a little slow for thinking the pictured jersey and shorts were meant to be worn together and little drama-queenish for freaking out so much about it.
 
I can't wait to buy the shorts, and I could less if they true throwbacks or not.
 
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I think that the orange/white bands on the shorts make the 2 tone work. Glad to see cursive as well. I say they rock some throwback shoes to put the icing on the cake.


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Love the jersey and I'm fine with the shorts as long as that's not the color combo. Exactly as shown looks stupid. Both white or both orange and I'm good. What's wrong with that picture though. One of those seven teams doesn't belong.
 
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Love the jersey and I'm fine with the shorts as long as that's not the color combo. Exactly as shown looks stupid. Both white or both orange and I'm good. What's wrong with that picture though. One of those seven teams doesn't belong.

I said that too. When daddy is paying though...
 
I like the styles of Cuse's, but not a fan of the mismatching of colors.

Mich St's and Duke's are ok. As for the rest, why not wait to unveil them at their first round NIT games?
 

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