2003-2004 Syracuse Orangemen
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Coach: Jim Boeheim

Player Cl Pos G GS Min FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% 3PT 3PA 3P% Ast Reb DReb OReb Fls DQ TO ST BS Pts Ppg Apg Rpg
Gerry McNamara So G 31
31
1125
153
398
38.4%
123
141
87.2%
105
270
38.9%
118
80
69
11
64
1
79
52
1
 534
17.2
3.8
2.6
Billy Edelin So G
17
16
563
97
183
53.0%
38
71
53.5%
3
9
33.3%
88
72
46
26
29
0
34
22
2
235
13.8
5.2
4.2
Josh Pace Jr G/F
31
31
1051
135
269
50.2%
23
59
39.0%
1
5
20.0%
102
165
112
53
55
0
51
55
13
294
9.5
3.3
5.3
Hakim Warrick Jr F
31
31
1156
223
436
51.1%
171
247
69.2%
0
6
0.0%
82
265
167
98
84
1
95
29
35
615
19.8
2.6
8.5
Craig Forth Jr C
31
31
718
77
136
56.6%
22
34
64.7%
0
0
---
22
179
101
78
87
4
39
18
63
176
5.7
0.7
5.8
Demetris Nichols Fr F
26
15
441
42
121
34.7%
8
18
44.4%
17
72
23.6%
15
58
39
19
47
2
15
15
16
109
4.2
0.6
2.2
Jeremy McNeil Sr C
30
0
396
37
49
75.5%
15
29
51.7%
0
0
---
2
82
43
39
73
2
19
9
45
89
3.0
0.1
2.7
Louie McCroskey Fr G
28
0
394
44
124
35.5%
9
20
45.0%
13
57
22.8%
27
61
39
22
39
2
28
21
4
110
3.9
1.0
2.2
Terrence Roberts Fr F
26
0
234
21
59
35.6%
12
23
52.2%
1
6
16.7%
5
53
38
15
45
0
16
11
10
55
2.1
0.2
2.0
Darryl Watkins Fr C
12
0
85
9
25
36.0%
3
18
16.7%
0
0
---
2
24
13
11
19
0
3
2
15
21
1.8
0.2
2.0
Matt Gorman So F
7
0
47
6
19
31.6%
0
2
0.0%
0
2
0.0%
2
14
9
5
10
0
4
0
1
12
1.7
0.3
2.0
Ronneil Herron Gr G
8
0
7
3
4
75.0%
6
6
100.0%
1
2
50.0%
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
13
1.6
0.0
0.3
Andrew Kouwe Sr G
6
0
6
1
6
16.7%
0
1
0.0%
0
0
---
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
0.3
0.0
0.2
Ross DiLiegro Fr F
1
0
1
0
0
---
0
0
---
0
0
---
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Josh Brooks Sr F
1
0
1
0
0
---
0
0
---
0
0
---
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
1.0
Gary Hall
Sr
F
0
0
0
0
0
---
0
0
---
0
0
---
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0

The Orangemen started the season as the defending National Champions, and quickly ended their winning streak with a home loss to Charlotte. The question was how would the team perform without the presence of the incredible Carmelo Anthony and the versatile Kueth Duany?

The answer was, they would play very well, but clearly miss the presence of those two players. Gerry McNamara continued to light up the scoreboard with his outside shooting, and Hakim Warrick became a dominating inside force. Billy Edelin, finally able to start a season, was cruising along as the third option for the offense. Unfortunately, in January, he was once again beset by personal problems, failing to show up for a game, and ultimately sitting out the rest of the season. His loss would hurt the Orangemen at times when they were searching for that extra ball handler, particularly to spell GMac.

The Orangemen would win some memorable games down the stretch, giving Pittsburgh its first ever loss at its home court (Peterson center) on a buzzer beater in overtime by McNamara, and beating eventual National Champion UConn on the last game of the regular season (behind a great effort from the oft-maligned Craig Forth with 14 points and 13 rebounds, and 24 from GMac).

In the NCAA tournament, McNamara would put on one of the greatest individual efforts in tournament history, virtually beating Brigham Young by himself. With Warrick in early foul trouble, and the rest of the team struggling, McNamara would scored 43 points on 11-17 from the floor, including a blistering 9-13 from three point range, and 12-16 from the charity stripe. The Orangemen would hold on to win the game 80-75.

In the second round of the tournament, SU faced a tough Maryland team, and raced to a 32-22 half time lead. Maryland cut that lead back down, and made it close, though behind the solid play of Warrick (26 points, 9 rebounds) and Forth (10 points, 12 rebounds), the Orangemen moved on.

Unfortunately, the lack of depth for Syracuse was finally exposed in the Sweet Sixteen against Alabama. Warrick would score 21 points and McNamara 26 points, but the rest of the team would offer little support as the Orangemen lost their defense of their National Championship.

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