| Syracuse vs University of Houston | Back |
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1 game |
Syracuse 1-0 |
| DATE | Opposing Coach | Score | Starters | Notes | ||
12/11/1982 |
H |
Guy Lewis |
W |
92-87 |
Waldron, Santifer, Hawkins, Rautins, Bruin | Bruin 26 pts, Santifer 22 pts |
3/27/2021 |
NCAA |
Kelvin Sampson | L |
46-62 |
Girard, Boeheim, Dolezaj, Guerrier, Griffin | Boeheim & Girard 12 pts |
The Syracuse Orangemen and Houston Cougars first met in 1982. The game was against Houston's famed 'Phi Slamma Jamma' team with Clyde Drexler and Akeem Olajuwon. Syracuse would win the game 92-87. The Cougars would go on to lose the National Championship that spring in the famous upset by Jim Valvano's North Carolina Wolfpack.
Syracuse would next meet the Cougars in the Sweet Sixteen in the 2021 NCAA tournament. The #2 seeded Cougars would control the Orange throughout most of the game ending Syracuse's Cinderalla run in the tournament.
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