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Message: [QUOTE="MSOrange, post: 146722, member: 630"] First post on this site and a very rare poster but been following the boards since the AOL days. Was born in Syracuse in 1976. My first memory was the the BET game when Leo Rautins had the tip-in to win in the 3rd overtime. At that point, I was too young to really care and I just wanted the game to end so we could finally go to Ground Round for dinner. Little did I know, that I would become the guy in the family that eventually would make everyone wait for the game to end before we could do anything. Went to a few games when I was younger, but moved to Georgia and then to Kansas and haven't been able to make it to a game in Syracuse since. I did go to the game in Kansas City a few years ago when we beat Kansas in the "neutral" court game. I started following pretty closely when I was 9 or 10 years old and remember pretty much all of the players from 1985 on. My parents went to the Hardwood Club dinner a couple years and remember waiting for them to get home one year to see if they were able to get the Pearl's autograph and I still have those programs. I was born with spina bifida and have had some health issues resulting from that occasionally throughout my life, so another memory is when I was younger and my roommate in the hospital room was going to be on the cover of the SU basketball program with JB. I was all ready to talk some strategy with him when he came into the room - but then I got shy. So sadly, he didn't get the man vs zone advice of a 10 year old :) But he was very nice and talked to me for several minutes and these were the days where he really wasn't known for his charming personality. Worst memory was the 1987 loss to Indiana. Yes, I did cry after that game. Also ended up with double homework for that week because our teacher was an Indiana fan who happened to live in Syracuse. Best memory is, of course, 2003 as I also lived in Kansas at the time so I go to rub it in to all the KU fans. At that point, I considered my life complete and I could die in peace whenever the time came. I think the only time I can remember missing a game on tv was when I was in middle school and found out I wasn't quite as good at signing my dad's name on a test paper as he was. So I was grounded and missed the Georgetown game where Billy Owens got fouled as time expired and we won in overtime. I don't really have a favorite all time player. Least favorite players is anybody that wasted an opportunity that I would kill to be able to do by doing stupid things off the court. [/QUOTE]

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