1963-1964 Syracuse Orangemen
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Overall 17-8 NIT Tournament Schedule Results
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Coach: Fred Lewis

Player Cl Pos G GS FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% Reb Fls DQ Pts Ppg Rpg
Dave Bing So F/G 25 25 215 460 46.7% 126 172 73.3% 206 0 0 556 22.2 8.2
Rich Duffy Jr G 22 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 +97 4.5 0.0
Norm Goldsmith So F 25 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 199 8.0 0.0
Sam Penceal So F 23 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 +79 0.0 0.0
Chuck Richards Jr C 24 24 177 299 59.2%
 174 237 73.4% 228 0 0 528 22.0 9.5
Phil Schoff Jr F +21 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 +154 6.6 0.0
Jim Boeheim So G 25 1 50 105 47.6% 31 38 81.6% 41 0 0 131 5.2 1.6
Frank Nicoletti So G
 0 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 +90 0.0 0.0
Carl Vernick Sr G 20 12 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 54 2.7 0.0
Dick Ableman So G/F 0 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 +53 0.0 0.0
Jim Seaman Sr G 0 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 +52 0.0 0.0
Bob Murray Sr C 13 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 35 2.7 0.0
Rex Trobridge So C 0 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 +18 0.0 0.0

The arrival of the much heralded sophomore Dave Bing and Army transfer Chuck Richards helped the Orangemen improve significantly. Bing's explosive play and flashy style brought immediate success to the court, and teamed with Richards, the duo provied a 1-2 scoring punch that Syracuse had never seen. Richards would be the leading scorer in the first half of the season, while Bing would increase over the course of the season.

The Orangemen would bring notice that things were changing with the Syracuse squad when they played in the Hurricane Classic in December. Defensive ace Sam Penceal helped to slow down Princeton's All-American Bill Bradley, as the Orangemen would beat the highly rated Tigers. The next night the Orangemen would face the Miami Hurricanes and their All-American Rick Barry. Richards would miss the game due to illness, but Bing would respond with 29 points, and seldom used Bob Murray would score 16, as the Orangemen would beat the Hurricanes and win the tournament.

Coach Fred Lewis was turning up the tempo on the offense, stressing the team to push the ball up the court. Little Rich Duffy was starting to blossum as a playmaker. Sophomore Norm Goldsmith was becoming a nice rebounding complement to Richards and Bing. Co-captain Carl Vernick, high scorer of the previous two seasons, would lose his starting position as the underclassmen continued to improve, particularly junior forward Phil Schoff and sophomore Jim Boeheim, who both came on strong as the season drew to a close.

The Orangemen would struggle as the new year started, losing three in a row to St. Johns, LaSalle and Army, the last two by a combined total of three points. They would then win six straight, and eleven of their last fourteen games to finish the season at 17-8, the best season since 1956-57. With the top eight players returning for the following season, including Bing and Richards, fans were eager to see what was next.

[missing results from 12/28/63 game for players with + in scoring]

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