I know this is maybe a little bit OT, but I sometimes wonder what would have happened if DeShaun hadn’t gone off the rail and returned to Syracuse for his senior season alongside Melo and company. Does a DeShaun who isn’t a distraction become a key compliment to Melo, Warrick and McNamara? Or would it have thrown us off?
I know this is maybe a little bit OT, but I sometimes wonder what would have happened if DeShaun hadn’t gone off the rail and returned to Syracuse for his senior season alongside Melo and company. Does a DeShaun who isn’t a distraction become a key compliment to Melo, Warrick and McNamara? Or would it have thrown us off?
Peter’s was my job in high school! Good times. I remember loading groceries into the vehicles of player’s like Shumpert & Blackwell thinking “huh, these are really nice rides for college students...” Haha.Here's a 2001 memory: being in the Nottingham Road Peter's around Christmastime and bumping into: Shumpert, Deshaun, some girl, and Craig Forth.
Craig Forth was holding a gallon of skim milk and looked like the most miserable guy on the face of the Earth.
This was before I knew about the Shump/Deshaun stuff, I don't even know if it was the same girl, but in hindsight that memory has always amused me.
Hey, when you've got no car and need milk, sometimes you've gotta tolerate some bad shopping companions.
I go to that store all the time (Now Tops)-live like two minutes from there lol.Peter’s was my job in high school! Good times. I remember loading groceries into the vehicles of player’s like Shumpert & Blackwell thinking “huh, these are really nice rides for college students...” Haha.
Peter’s was my job in high school! Good times. I remember loading groceries into the vehicles of player’s like Shumpert & Blackwell thinking “huh, these are really nice rides for college students...” Haha.
Wow that's unbelievable. No pictures. Get out of here with that crap.In maybe 2006ish back before I went to bed at 9:30 every night, we were out at some bar in Armory Square and Shumpert was there. I feel like he was really hoping for people to recognize him, but for some reason not many people did. So my buddy and I went up to him to be nice and said "hey Shump, can we get a picture with you?" and the guy that was with him said "nah, no pictures" like it was Lebron or something. I guess when you play for Fortitudo Pallacanestro in Bologna, Italy that means you're too cool for school.
My junior year. Got off to a nice start. I remember the big wins at The Garden (Deshaun actually played really well in the finals I think).
Bernie taking over. We lost to NC State at home. Terrible performance.
Late in the year we had a real nice win at Notre Dame. That was probably the only post Christmas highlight.
Bad home losses to Georgetown and BC at the end of the year. PS - we didn't even get 30,000 for the GTown game which was the JB naming of the court game. I remember both of those games were either at Noon or sometime like that and the night before I saw Celuck and Ethan Cole at Faegan's. Not good.
We won at Richmond in the NIT in March. I remember it being such a nothing game but Hakim played well and it felt like we won the national title or something since we were at their gym, etc. It was a small clue of things to come I think.
Game by game stats:That team fit the exact profile of a team that would get lit up in the NIT. And yet it made to the NIT final four.
Did guys like Forth, Duany, Warrick and Pace get more run in that tournament setting them up for the next year? I can see the scores, but can't get the boxscores here.
2001-02 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Also, looking at the records of those teams we started 16-2 against, that was a somewhat empty record.
At the time we thought Michigan State was better than they really were.That team fit the exact profile of a team that would get lit up in the NIT. And yet it made to the NIT final four.
Did guys like Forth, Duany, Warrick and Pace get more run in that tournament setting them up for the next year? I can see the scores, but can't get the boxscores here.
2001-02 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Also, looking at the records of those teams we started 16-2 against, that was a somewhat empty record.
I think Thues transferred to Detroit-Mercy.Junior year for me...
Remember going to the Dome wanting to kick the snot out of Julius Hodge. Instead, I walked back to my house on the Westcott-side of Clarendon, over the hill, and began chugging shots after that performance. Yuck.
Then, later that year, went to the Tennessee game in Knoxville. Have family near there. We were expected to beat them pretty good with a Top 10 team. Instead, I left with Rocky Top ringing in my ears.
Did go to one of the NIT games at the Dome that year. What a weird situation. There might have been 5,000 people in the stands. Remember that the freshmen were getting a lot of playing time.
In looking at that roster... James Thues was getting big-time minutes. Where did that kid end up? Wasn't good enough but he showed some flashes and had a couple good games.
After three seasons trending downward (Freshman Year -- Sweet 16 & hopes of a national title wiped out by Mo Pete; Sophomore Year - Terrible loss in NCAA's to much better Kansas team), nobody could have expected what was to come.
Thank you Carmelo, Gerry, et al.
That team fit the exact profile of a team that would get lit up in the NIT. And yet it made to the NIT final four.
Did guys like Forth, Duany, Warrick and Pace get more run in that tournament setting them up for the next year? I can see the scores, but can't get the boxscores here.
2001-02 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Also, looking at the records of those teams we started 16-2 against, that was a somewhat empty record.
I remember Shumpert had like 36 against Butler in the NIT at the Dome. There was maybe 6,000 people there and it was rocking!