Syracuse

Official Name: 
Syracuse University
Nickname: 
Orange
Mailing Address: 

102 Manley Field House
Syracuse, NY 13244-5020

Website: 
www.suathletics.com
Telephone: 
(315) 443-2608
Fax: 
(315) 443-2076
Enrollment: 
11,000
Arena: 

Boeheim Court/Carrier Dome
Capacity: 33,000
Year Opened: 1980

School Colors: 
School Color: Orange
Conference: 

Big East (since 1980)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(11) 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 2010

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(33) 1957, 1966, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010
52-33 record (.612)
Reached Final Four in 1975 (4th), 1987 (2nd), 1996 (2nd) and 2003 (1st)

NIT Appearances: 

(12) 1946, 1950, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1981, 1982, 1997, 2002, 2007, and 2008
14-13 record (.519)
Finished 2nd in 1981 and 4th in 2002

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Jim Boeheim (34 years from 1977-2010, 829-293 record, .739)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Lawrence Moten (2,334 points from 1992-95)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Derrick Coleman (1,537 from 1987-90)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Bill Smith (47 points as senior vs. Lafayette on 1/14/71)

All-American Selections: 

(23) F Carmelo Anthony (2003), G Dave Bing (1965 and 1966), C Roosevelt Bouie (1980), G Vinnie Cohen (1957), F Derrick Coleman (1989 and 1990), G Sherman Douglas (1988 and 1989), G Dennis DuVal (1974), F-C Rudy Hackett (1975), F Wesley Johnson (2010), G-F Lawrence Moten (1995), F Billy Owens (1990 and 1991), C Rony Seikaly (1988), C Edgar Sonderman (1936), C Etan Thomas (2000), F John Wallace (1996), F Hakim Warrick (2004 and 2005), G Dwayne Pearl Washington (1985 and 1986)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(5) Dave Bing (1966), Derrick Coleman (1990), Billy Owens (1991), Hakim Warrick (2005), Wesley Johnson (2010)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(5) Dwayne Pearl Washington (1985), Rony Seikaly (1988), Sherman Douglas (1989), John Wallace (1996), Carmelo Anthony (2003)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Bill Smith (47 vs. Lafayette)
January 14, 1971 (senior/22.7 ppg)

1

2

Total

Syracuse

54

52

106

Lafayette

51

41

92

Syracuse

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Lee

5-10

5-9

15

Wadach

3-8

0-2

6

Smith

17-23

13-19

47

Green

3-8

0-0

6

Kohls

7-19

10-11

24

Piotrowski

0-3

0-0

0

Ziolko

0-0

0-0

0

Wichman

4-6

0-0

8

Crabill

0-0

0-0

0

Bartholomew

0-0

0-0

0

Plummer

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

39-77

28-41

106

Percentages

.506

.683

Lafayette

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Tripucka

16-24

9-11

41

Kocubinski

7-18

3-4

17

Moyer

2-8

1-1

5

Weaver

2-2

0-1

4

Mottola

9-16

3-4

19

Blass

0-7

2-2

2

Rose

0-2

0-0

0

Rookstool

0-0

0-0

0

Guerra

0-1

0-0

0

Berkauskas

0-1

2-2

2

Totals

36-79

20-25

92

Percentages

.456

.800
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

John A.R. Scott

8

1904-11

66-53

.559

1908

11-2

Edmund Dollard

13

1912-24

148-56

.725

1914

12-0

Lew Andreas

25

1925-50 (not 1944)

355-134

.726

1926

19-1

Marc Guley

12

1951-62

136-129

.513

1957

18-7

Fred Lewis

6

1963-68

91-57

.615

1966

22-6

Roy Danforth

8

1969-76

148-71

.676

1973

24-5

Jim Boeheim

35

1977-2011

856-301

.740

1977, 1979, and 1980

26-4
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,810-819 (.688) from 1901 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Syracuse (NY) did not have a formal coach in its first three seasons from 1901 through 1903 while compiling a 5-11 record
  • Syracuse did not field a formal team in 1943-44 during World War II.