What all time Syracuse recruit were you most excited about? Be honest.

[Trueblue25]

In your years of being a Syracuse University sports fan, what basketball recruit had you the most excited? (Whether he panned out or not).

Be honest.


The recruit I was most excited about in my 15 years of being a fan (began watching games at 5 or 6)...


was none other than thee Rakeem Christmas.

Why?

He was an excitingly athletic big guy with a name that you could just see in the NBA or leading a championship team.

Did it pan out that way?

WE DON'T KNOW YET.

I was also extremely excited for Dion Waiters, Dashonte Riley and Paul Harris.

 

[Marroniac]

Winfred Walton

 

[Timonen]

Walton also. Then probably billy Owens even though I was a kid. Don't think if ever heard of a player before he got to su before billy.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Pearl.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Derrick Coleman.

Then Billy Owens.

Then Adrian Autry.

Then Carmelo Anthony.

 

[orangeinohio]

Billy Owens 100%.
The union of Michael and Billy was epic.

 

[BludOrange]

The Pearl
Karlton Hines

 

[Opus]

Pearl. I remember watching him announce on NBC (I think) He didn't disappoint.

 

[tptcuse]

Pearl

 

[esmorange]

Tony "Red" Bruin

 

[Briancuse]

Paul Harris, who ever wrote that article calling him a mini lebron, for whatever reason I really bought in.

 

[AZOrange]

Billy, then melo, then dion.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Wes Johnson

 

[doc05]

Billy without a doubt - gotta throw Carmelo in there obviously.

Autry was a good one but remember they really wanted Kenny Anderson.

 

[Cuse'91]

John Wallace, because he stayed with us even with probation looming...

 

[MikeSU02]

Melo, Red, Walton, Paul Harris

 

[tptcuse]

Tony "Red" Bruin

I remember hearing repeatedly about his 42" vertical leap.

 

[emeraldde]

Paul Harris

Thought he was the next Carmelo

I'm not that old

 

[realorange]

Hands down, The Pearl. 2nd for me would have been Billy Owens.

 

[BonaCuse]

Billy Owens
Anthony Harris (i remember going to his first game against Marathon Oil and wondered who the kid with the high socks - who proceeded to drop like 19 that game-was)
John Wallace
Winfred Walton
Carmelo
Harris
Dion
Richardson

 

[two3zone]

Mcw

 

[Cowtown]

I live too far away to have been "in the loop" pre-internet. Josh Pace was the first player of note I can remember reading about. Also Jonny Flynn's imminent arrival got a lot of hopes up, mine included.

 

[KaiserUEO]

The Billy's.

Owens: he was the best player in the country and was gonna be a classmate. Very cool.

Edelin: thought he'd lead us to a NC. Can't say he let me down.

Melo: see Edelin.

I'm not much of a recruitnik, I like to see the product in Orange before I make a decision.

I did love making fun of the Harris people. He was a short forward from buffalo with no shot... and people got all worked up over him. That was a no brainer. Didn't need to see anything, just read a few bios and I knew the idiots here would be let down.

 

[Bortukal]

I had very high hopes for Mike Jones.

Also remember believing that Glenn Sekunda was going to be really, really good for us.

 

[MSOrange]

I think practically everyone should probably list Paul Harris considering the Chuck Norris threads that were on here. I would also add Billy Owens, Winfred Walton (very short lived excitement in that case) and Carmelo.