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Who will be the Orange MAN on the court be this year? Since 2003 when Cuse captured the NCAA Championship every SU basketball squad has had a star. Obviously in 03 it was Carmelo Anthony, who served as the savior for our storied collegiate basketball program and continued to bring attention to the school while continuing his illustrious career in the NBA.
When Melo left it was easy to see who took his place in the spotlight. His fellow freshman classmate Gerry McNamara was an obvious choice to become the new chosen son of Cuse hoops. Along with Hakim Warrick, high flying highlight reel from Philadelphia, the two took SU to the sweet 16 in 2004. Warrick was also involved in the most cinematic image from that 03 title game where he blocked that possible game winning three from Kansas, a moment that lives on through a variety of posters and paintings.
Gerry was responsible for making sure Cuse continued to be as heralded in years following the championship as they were during it. He was our leader. Hakim was the highlight machine, dunking over everyone in the big east for the two years he was nice enough to stay at SU, the latter of which he was elected to first team All Big East Honors.
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