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[QUOTE="BillSU, post: 3721294, member: 6809"]
We are Syracuse Basketball. It is our identity. And it says a lot.

Without revisiting the past I can't answer your questions. I'll take one of them. Let's see what's attractive to a recruit?

Under JAB in 45 years.

We have: 19 BE regular championships
                 4   "  tournament championships
                34 NCAA appearances
                 5  Final Four appearances
                 7 Elite Eight appearances
                19 sweet Sixteen appearances
                 5 Final Four appearances
                 2 National Champion Runner Up appearances
                 1 National Championship
                 1 HOF coach who has never had a losing season
                 51 All Americans, first team , second, third and honorable mention 56 have played in the NBA
                 68 have been drafted into the NBA
                 24 drafted in the first round
                 At present Dave Bing is in the BB HOF
                 The Melo Center - State of the Art Basketball practice and training facility
                 The Carrier Dome which holds the on campus record for any BB game attendance wise -  
                 35,446 vs Duke twice with 84 30,000 plus attendees since the Dome was built
                 Syracuse University - not a bad place to hang your hat

We are all of these teams in every game with various results depending on the game, our players game, on/off game on offensive, or defense.

You would not play here if you were not athletic.

I would say we are, under JAB, an elite basketball program and have been for many years which JAB began with a 26-4 record in 1976 - 77 and I believe we are trying to recruit the best players we can each year and win as many games as we can. It is not as easy as it was 10 - 20 years ago and the 2014 - 15 investigation and subsequent penalties - loss of scholarships - vacation of wins definitely hurt.

However we are also a newer member of the ACC having started in 2013. To date through Feb.6 we are 155 - 91.

Some of your questions are self explanatory. If you don't understand the number of and rotation of players you may not be watching closely enough.

Honest answers are provided forthwith by the Coach himself. I'd watch his presser after the Clemson game - you may get some of your answers there. Or call JAB at his basketball office at Manley and ask him where we're going. I'm sure he'd reassure you about Syracuse basketball and tell you where we are,
where we're going and the future.

As far as I am concerned we are 1,075 - 405 .726. We built it and renovated it big time and they came and they are going to come for a long time to see a Syracuse team trying to deal with, Covid,  (like everyone else, hopefully gone after 2021), this year and move forward in a positive manner winning as many games as possible as we have in the past.
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