1985-1986 Syracuse Orangemen
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Coach: Jim Boeheim

Player

Cl

Pos

G

GS

Min

FG

FGA

FG%

FT

FTA

FT%

Ast

Reb

Fls

DQ

TO

ST

BS

Pts

Ppg

Apg

Rpg
Pearl Washington Jr G 32 32 1034 216 404 53.5% 122 168 72.6% 250 79 87 0 105 82 1 554 17.3 7.8 2.5
Rafael Addison Sr G/F 32 32 1012 205 385 53.3% 69 87 79.3% 133 179 69 0 70 40 15 479 15.0 4.2 5.6
Howard Triche Jr F 32 32 698 104 196 53.1% 28 40 70.0% 41 128 96 0 28 32 4 236 7.4 1.3 4.0
Wendell Alexis Sr F 32 32 1026 192 354 54.2% 102 126 81.0% 50 237 92 0 57 43 33 486 15.2 1.6 7.4
Rony Seikaly So C 32 32 875 122 223 54.7% 80 142 56.3% 15 250 114 0 62 25 97 324 10.1 0.5 7.8
Rodney Walker Fr F 30 0 392 35 83 42.2% 33 48 68.8% 6 97 0 0 0 0 0 103 3.4 0.2 3.2
Greg Monroe Jr G 32 0 307 62 129 48.1% 22 35 62.9% 89 48 0 0 0 0 0 146 4.6 2.8 1.3
Sherman Douglas Fr G 27 0 307 57 93 61.3% 32 44 72.7% 57 44 33 0 33 33 5 146 5.4 2.1 1.6
Derek Brower So F/C 22 0 254 32 69 46.9% 14 38 36.8% 6 76 0 0 0 0 0 76 3.5 0.3 3.5
Michael Brown So G 13 0 233 48 92 52.2% 4 9 44.4% 11 29 0 0 0 0 0 100 7.7 0.8 2.2
Joel Katz Jr G 12 0 28 3 8 37.5% 7 8 87.5% 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.9 0.4 0.6
Joey Kohm Jr F 9 0 26 0 5 0.0% 1 2 50.0% 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.6
Renard Barnes Sr G 5 0 13 2 4 50.0% 0 0 0.0%
 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.4 0.2 0.4
Mel Brown Sr G 10 0 12 2 3 66.7% 2 2 100.0% 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.6 0.1 0.5

The Orangemen had high hopes on the season, with the Pearl at the point and Raf Addison moving to the shooting guard position. Wendell Alexis was finally earning a starting position after three seasons of stellar work off the bench, and hopes were the raw talent of Rony Seikaly would start to gel in the center position. Howard Triche was starting, Rodney Walker and Derek Brower provided some big bodies off the bench, and Greg Monroe and Michael Brown some sharpshooters from the bench.

The Orangemen started out 13-0, with several easy victories, among them were Big East foes Villanova, Boston College and Pittsburgh, and an easy victory over Navy. The Orangemen were running the fast break to perfection, and the team was making the high percentage shot. Addison would turn his ankle early in January, and while he did not miss any games, it would affect his play in the second half. Alexis stepped up big, and was his usual dependable self. Seikaly, however, continued to be inconsistent, and very foul prone.

The Pearl played spectacular most the season, and stepped up his scoring when Addison was hurt. The Orangemen would end up at 14-2 in the conference (23-4 overall), and win the Big East Regular season title. In the Big East tournament, they easily rolled over Boston College before beating nemesis Georgetown in a nail biter 75-73. Then came the championship game against St. Johns. The Orangemen had an 11 point lead at halftime, but slowly watch the Redmen get back into the game. With 28 seconds on the clock and the Orangemen up by 1, the Pearl was fouled. Uncharacteristically, he missed the front end of the one and one. St. John's Ron Rowan sank a heart breaker with 9 seconds to go. Not to be undone, the Pearl did one of his classic coast to coast drives, and went to the hoop for the game winning layup. Unfortunately, the Redmen's Walter Berry was able to get a block of the shot, and the Orangemen fell short by one.

The NCAA tournament saw the Orangemen easily beat Brown in the first round. The second round saw them face a Navy team they had beaten earlier in the year. This time their fortunes were not so good, as midshipman David Robinson led the way to an rather easy upset of the Orangemen, who struggled defensively all day.

A few weeks later the Pearl would announce he was leaving school early, and Orange fans were disheartened with the loss of their star. Little did anyone know what the next season had in store.

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