1990-1991 Syracuse Orangemen
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Coach: Jim Boeheim

Player Cl Pos G GS Min FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% 3PT 3PA 3P% Ast Reb Fls DQ TO ST BS Pts Ppg Apg Rpg
Adrian Autry Fr G 31 30 1030 106 264 40.2% 62 88 70.5% 26 82 31.7% 164 79 104 2 112 62 4 300 9.7 5.3 2.6
Michael Edwards So G 30 30 787 91 226 40.8% 21 32 65.6% 33 99 33.3% 78 46 42 0 65 22 2 236 7.9 2.6 1.5
Dave Johnson Jr G/F 32 32 1118 226 453 49.9% 131 199 65.8% 38 100 38.0% 75 201 78 1 68 49 3 621 19.4 2.3 6.3
Billy Owens Jr F 32 32 1215 282 554 50.9% 157 233 67.4% 23 59 39.0% 111 371 86 0 113 78 37 744 23.2 3.5 11.6
LeRon Ellis Sr C 32 32 929 142 280 50.7% 72 119 60.5% 0 4 0.0% 43 246 110 4 44 62 79 356 11.1 1.3 7.7
Conrad McRae So C 32 0 517 57 105 54.3% 46 74 62.2% 0 2 0.0% 14 135 81 2 21 22 42 160 5.0 0.4 4.2
Mike Hopkins So G 31 4 411 38 74 51.4% 17 31 54.8% 9 22 40.9% 43 60 85 3 36 12 4 102 3.3 1.4 1.9
Scott McCorkle Fr G/F 26 0 276 40 77 52.0% 15 29 51.7% 15 40 37.5% 29 44 35 1 15 9 7 110 4.2 1.1 1.7
Dave Siock So C 12 0 112 13 26 50.0% 5 9 55.6% 0 1 0.0% 6 23 13 0 5 0 5 31 2.6 0.5 1.9
Brad Small So
 G
 6 0 8 3 5 60.0% 0 0
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 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 1.2 0.1 0.2
Vinnie Cohen Jr
 G
 6 0 14 2 6 33.3% 1 2 50.0% 1 4 25.0% 2 3 3 0 2 0 1 6 1.0 0.3 0.5
Chaundu Carey Sr G 7 0 17 2 7 28.6% 0 0
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 1 3 33.3% 1 4 1 0 3 0 2 5 0.7 0.1 0.6
Todd Barlok Jr
 F
 7 0 16 1 7 14.3% 1 2 50.0% 0 0
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 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.4 0.1 1.0

The 1990-1991 season was going to be the first opportunity for Billy Owens to be the main focus at Syracuse after two years of willingly deferring to veterans Derrick Coleman and Stevie Thompson. And Owens did not disappoint anyone. Though the team had a inexperienced backcourt of freshman Adrian Autry and sophomore Michael Edwards, the team was able to rise to #3 in the polls by January, starting out 13-0, and winning the Maui Classic.

Helping Owens was the emergence of Dave Johnson as a big time offensive threat; this after two years of being a defensive specialist. Owens and Johnson combined for 43.2 points per game, as Owens became the first player under Jim Boeheim to average more than 20 points per game in a season. Senior LeRon Elllis was the only other double digit scorer.

The Orangemen finished the regular season at 26-4, ranked #6 in the country. After the tremendous season by Owens and Johnson, expectations were understandably high for a great post season run. And then the unexpected happened.

The Orangemen, who had always been strong contenders in the Big East tournament, lost in the first round of the tournament to Villanova 70-68. They still managed a #2 seed in the NCAA tournament, where disaster struck once again. They did the seemingly impossible, losing to #15 seed Richmond in the first round 73-69, for one of the biggest first round upsets in NCAA history.

The team which had reached such lofty heights during the regular season, winning so many games with relative ease, had come to a screetching halt in two games.

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