Syracuse Basketball 1969-1970

1969-1970 Syracuse Orangemen

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Coach: Roy Danforth


Player	Cl	Pos	G	GS	Min	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	Ast	Reb	Fls	DQ	Pts	Ppg	Apg	Rpg
John Suder	Sr	G	22	19	0	42	109	38.5%	39	47	83.0%		34	55	1	123	5.6	0.0	1.5
Ernie Austin	Sr	G	23	23	0	184	434	42.3%	77	103	74.5%	90	90	70	4	445	19.3	3.9	3.9
Bill Finney	Jr	F	23	14	0	70	174	40.2%	29	53	54.7%		93	47	0	169	7.3	0.0	4.0
Bob McDaniel	Jr	F	23	21	0	167	298	56.0%	76	114	66.7%		236	49	1	410	17.8	0.0	10.3
Bill Smith	Jr	C	19	19	0	137	227	60.4%	110	178	61.8%		235	75	6	384	20.2	0.0	12.4
Tom Green	Jr	G	24	5	0	44	109	40.4%	19	34	55.9%		56	58	2	107	4.5	0.0	2.3
Gerry McFadden	Sr	F	23	11	0	74	155	47.7%	42	59	71.2%		160	48	1	190	8.3	0.0	6.9
Dave Harmon	Sr	F/C	21	2	0	23	48	47.9%	12	26	46.2%		45	22	0	58	2.8	0.0	2.1
Bill Case	Sr	F/C	16	6	0	51	107	47.7%	25	36	69.4%		62	41	2	127	7.9	0.0	3.8
Greg 'Kid' Kohls	So	G	17	0	0	12	27	44.4%	14	18	77.8%		9	15	0	38	2.2	0.0	0.5
Paul Piotrowski	So	F	14	0	0	4	12	33.3%	5	8	62.5%		16	10	0	13	0.9	0.0	1.1
Gil Guerrero	So	G	15	0	0	4	18	22.2%	4	6	66.7%		7	8	0	12	0.8	0.0	0.5
Bob Clary	Sr	G	10	0	0	1	9	11.1%	0	0	---		4	2	0	2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Mike Barlow	Sr	F/C	3	0	0	0	2	0.0%	0	0	---		4	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.3

Roy Danforth was confident he could get his team back on the winning ways with a talented trio leading the way. The team started out well, going 6-0. Guard Ernie Austin was leading all scorers with 21+ points a game (including two 29 point efforts). Bob McDaniel and Bill Smith formed a solid front court duo, contributing significant scoring and rebounding. Senior co-captain Bill Case missed the first eight games due to injury, then joined the squad.

Then the Orangemen hit the road, and lost four of their next five.

Slowly, the team started falling apart. Austin and Gerry McFadden each were suspended one game for disciplinary reasons. Starting point guard John Suder would injure his leg and miss a lot of playing time in the second half of the season. Later McDaniel would sit out a game in protest.

The season ultimately fell apart with a fight in the West Virginia game on February 14th. Big Bill Smith, after receiving his fifth foul of the game, threw a punch at a referee Hugh Young with 1:01 left in the game. A riot started, with fans storming the court. The referees suspended the end of the game, granting WVU the victory (they were leading 94-84 at the time).

Smith would be suspended the remainder of the season, and the Orangemen would finish out losing 3 of their last 5 (and 12 of their last 18 overall), to finish a dismal 12-12.