Syracuse has a long and distinguished basketball history. We all know it was in the Big East, but before that the Orange was a powerful regional Independent. It shared upstate New York with schools like Niagara and St. Bonaventure for a time before emerging at the dominant power in that part of New York.
Syracuse has put out some great players but we’re just interested in five. And here they are:
- Dave Bing - Bing was Jim Boeheim’s back-court partner at Syracuse. He went on to a Hall of Fame career, to become a fine businessman and, later, the mayor of Detroit.