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[QUOTE="cuseinseattle, post: 2775928, member: 2504"]
Born in 1979 in Vancouver, WA (right next to Portland, OR).
My uncle went to Syracuse and my great uncle was a professor there for 40 years.  My great uncle Dr. John Simeone is probably the main reason I love Syracuse.  Great guy.  He was a doctor and science nerd but loved the university so much and was really proud of the basketball and football programs.  6 years before he died he donated $370k to the College of Enviromental Science and Forestry which at the time was the largest gift they ever received.  Maybe still is.  He would send me the football and basketball posters in the mail every season from when I was in 1st grade until my senior year of college in Seattle.  He would randomly mail me shirts and letters that would say things like, "Pretty amazing but I was at the bank and Jim Boeheim was two people in front of me."  We went on a cruise as a family for Christmas in the 90's and he was talking about how he was going to miss the basketball game against Colgate and was upset because it was the first basketball home game he was missing in 6 years.  My great aunt looked at me and said guess when he missed his last football game.  You weren't born yet.  Looking back I have basically loved Syracuse Basketball since kindergarten or 1st grade and I'm sure he is why.
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