Syracuse Basketball 1960-1969 |
Team Record | 119-122 0.491 |
Post Season | 1 NCAA, 2 NIT |
Style | Syracuse attempted to out run every team, using the fast break whenever possible. The teams went deep into their rotations (9-10 players), and had very irregular starting lineups with lineups determined by the opponent matchups.Defensively Syracuse played a combination of zone and man-to-man press defense. The decade had some of the worst teams in Syracuse history. |
Player of the Decade | Dave Bing. No contest on this one. |
Best Individual Season | |
Best Team | 1965-66. The only Syracuse NCAA tournament team of the decade, led the nation in scoring and almost became the first school to average 100+ points a game, on their way to a 22-6 record. |
Top Scorer | Dave Bing 1,883 points |
Top Rebounder | Vaughn Harper 864 rebounds |
Top Assists | Dave Bing 185 assists (* assists weren't official NCAA statistics until 1965-66) |
Coaches (3) | Marc Guley 3 years 19-49 .279 |
Fred Lewis 6 years 91-57 .615 | |
Roy Danforth 1 year 9-16 .360 | |
All Decade Team | |
Guard |
Richie Cornwall |
Guard |
Dave Bing |
Forward |
George Hicker |
Forward |
Vaughn Harper |
Center |
Rick Dean |
Honorable Mentions | Pete Chudy, Chuck Richards |
Best Shooter | George Hicker |
Fan Favorite | Dave Bing |
Most Exciting Player | Dave Bing |
Best Defensive Player: | Sam Penceal. He was Lewis' 'go to' guy to shut down big guns on other teams. |
Top Competition |
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Team | Games |
Wins |
Losses |
Penn State | 21 |
9 |
12 |
Colgate | 20 |
16 |
4 |
Niagara | 20 |
10 |
10 |
Cornell | 19 |
8 |
11 |
Canisius | 13 |
5 |
8 |
LaSalle | 13 |
5 |
8 |
St. John's | 12 |
2 |
10 |
Pittsburgh | 11 |
7 |
4 |
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