 | | Syracuse first fielded a basketball team in |
| | 1899 and was one of college basketball early powers.
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 | | The Orange made their first NCAA |
| | Basketball Tournament appearance in 1957.
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 | | Before he became Syracuse's head |
| | basketball coach, Jim Boeheim was the backcourt partner of Dave Bing. Those two helped Syracuse earn its 2nd NCAA Tourney appearance in 1966.
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 | | Syracuse was a founding member of the |
| | Big East Conference when it was formed in 1979.
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 | | Famous Syracuse alumni include Orange |
| | stars such as Rony Seikaly, Vic Hanson, Sherman Douglas, Dave Bing, Billy Owens, Dwayne "Pearl" Washington, Derick Coleman and Billy Gabor and Jonny Flynn.
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