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Message: [QUOTE="mantonio, post: 248201, member: 709"] Born in '69 in the CUSE area, graduate of ESM. I grew up following Syracuse from the time of their Final Four run in '75. As a young fan, I didn't really follow every facet of the team & game until the early 80's with Marty Headd & Roosevelt Bouie. My favorite game that really got me excited about the program was Pearl's shot against Ewing's Georgetown in the Dome with about 8 seconds on the clock. Then G'town throws the ball away... What an exciting win, & the beginning of the greatness that was to be. I also remember when we got smoked by Louisville at Freedom Hall. We were down a ton of points in that game right from the start, but clawed back to a respectable deficit. Then, the next year we crushed them in the Dome on Valentines Day, & it is remembered as the Valentines day Massacre. I am sure everyone who was alive then remembers the loss to David Robinson's Navy in the '86 NCAA Tourney, which turned out to be Pearl's last hurrah at the CUSE. It was ironic, we had beaten them earlier in the season also in the Dome during the Carrier Classic. I remember when Pearl announced he was leaving early for the pros. Sitting at my grandmother's kitchen table, I told her & my aunt that Syracuse was now finished as a great program. Little did I know, we were just getting STARTED !!! I am so glad I was completely wrong about my dark prophecy !!! I expected Syracuse to win at least 1 title from '87 to '91, because they had so much talent. they would routinely beat the best programs in America at that time, until Tourney time, where they would promptly lay eggs against lower seeds. The reason why I am not so disappointed about losing in the elite 8, if you get there enough times, you have a much better chance of winning it all. What might have been if we somehow overcame Rhode Island & Richmond, not to mention Navy. I think this has been our greatest downfall, not making it past the Sweet 16 often enough. In some years, like 2009, you can't expect much more when you are playing teams that were clearly better, & had a superstar on their roster that would not be denied. To make a long story short, my only wish for Syracuse going forward, is to push past the Sweet 16 for at least 5 consecutive years, & we will see another championship or 2 in that time. it's doable... [/QUOTE]

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