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Message: [QUOTE="DoctorBombay, post: 146202, member: 626"] Born in 1961, grew up in Queens, NY. First became aware of Syracuse because of my cool uncle who drove a Mustang convertible & worked in Ithaca. He's my Mom's youngest brother & we looked so much alike that as a kid, my folks told me we were twins...naturally, he was my idol. When he moved to Syracuse as a grad student, my brothers & I went to visit him. Sure enough, those were the days of Dennis Duval & Jimmy Lee & Rudy Hackett & that Final4 run in '75. I vaguely remember Dennis Duval starring in a game on NBC w/ the crowd going crazy, and knowing that my uncle lived in that city- well, that did it for me! When picking a school my 3 finalists were Drexel, Duke, & Syracuse. It was a no-brainer. Having family in the Cuse made my Mom feel better & it certainly helped during the lean college days filled w/ ramen noodles. First live game as a student was versus Rutgers & Jammin James Bailey @ Manley. My era started from Louie & Bouie, the Cohen-Headds, Dale Shackleford w/ t-shirts under his jersey, Fast Eddie Moss, of course, JTII "Manley Field House is officially closed" (I was at that game)!! I saw the demolition of Archbold Stadium, lived in Townsend Towers & saw the Dome being built, w/ the roof being inflated for the first time. I remember SU getting Pearl Washington & how it immediately elevated the program. Living in Manhattan after graduation, & going to the BET to see Pearl DOMINATE, was the icing. I'll always hate Ewing, & Ron Rowan, & Matt Brust, & Jon Pinone for giving my Orangemen fits during those years. Also, SU's Sean Kerins will always be a sore-spot for me...why? Because if he'd converted a perfect fastbreak assist from Pearl, we'd have beaten GTown & won the BET. He missed, we lost, & he'll forever suck...not that I'm bitter or anything...its only been 30+ years!!:bang: [/QUOTE]

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