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5 unusual facts about Syracuse Orange


Ben Mauk

They then entered Big East play, with Mauk leading them to victories over Syracuse, UConn, USF, and Rutgers.

Crossover dribble

Oscar Robertson was known to do the move as early as the 1960s as well as Dwayne Washington while playing for Syracuse during the early 1980s, but Tim Hardaway is credited for popularising the killer crossover in the NBA, while Allen Iverson popularised the double crossover.

Đorđe Filipović

He also played for the Syracuse Orange swimming and diving team under head coach Lou Walker, and was served as the team's captain.

Gary Gait

Gary Charles Gait (b. April 5, 1967 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired lacrosse player and currently the head coach of the women's lacrosse team at Syracuse University, where he played the sport collegiately, and an assistant coach with the Hamilton Nationals in Major League Lacrosse.

Kenny Caceros

He played for the Orange for four years before returning to Ottawa to play for the Fury's PDL club, where he played three seasons.


Brock Berlin

Berlin, under intense criticism by the media and fans, was benched by head coach Larry Coker for Miami's next game against Syracuse.

Dave Cottle

In 1990, Loyola advanced through the NCAA tournament to the final, before losing to Syracuse.

Emeka Okafor

On February 5, 2007 he was inducted to the Husky Ring Of Honor at Gampel Pavilion on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs during halftime of the men's basketball game against the Syracuse Orange as part of a ceremony which recognized personal accomplishments of 13 former players and 3 coaches.

Garces Memorial High School

Greg Robinson, former defensive coordinator, Michigan; former head coach, Syracuse; former two-time Super Bowl-winning defensive coordinator of Denver Broncos.

John Capel

Against Syracuse in the Orange Bowl he returned three punts for 29 yards and two kickoffs for 37 yards.

Louisville–Memphis rivalry

Both schools were represented in a 2008 Sheraton commercial featuring fans of other college sport rivals such as Michigan/Ohio State, Duke/North Carolina, USC/UCLA, and Syracuse/Georgetown.


see also

Craig Minervini

He also has done play-by-play for various other sports include Notre Dame football on NBC, CBS Sports Spectacular, College World Series on ESPN, Major League Soccer, XFL on TNN, boxing on TNN, mixed martial arts on TNN, Syracuse Chiefs AAA baseball, and Syracuse Orange football, basketball, lacrosse, and soccer.