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1978–79 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball
1978–79 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball
Conference	Eastern College Athletic Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 8
Record	26-4 ( ECAC)
Head coach	Jim Boeheim;
Assistant coach	Bernie Fine
Home arena	Manley Field House
	Seasons ← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978-79 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team represented Syracuse University. The Head Coach was Jim Boeheim, serving for his 3rd year. The team played its home games at the Manley Field House in Syracuse, New York. The team finished with a 26-4 record, while making it to the Sweet Sixteen of the 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

1978-79 Roster

Name	Position	Games	Points	Assists	Rebounds	Year
Hal Cohen	G	29	236	87	56	Junior
Marty Head	G	30	373	47	43	Sophomore
Dale Shackleford	F	30	424	123	192	Senior
Louie Orr	F	28	369	66	215	Junior
Roosevelt Bouie	C	30	455	15	257	Junior
Kristof Ongenaet	12	F	6-8	215	Junior	Ghent, Belgium
Arinze Onuaku	21	C	6-9	258	Sophomore	Lanham, MD
Eric Devendorf	23	G	6-4	178	Junior	Bay City, MI
Devin Brennan-McBride	25	C	6-9	254	Sophomore	London, ON
Josh Wright	30	G	6-2	175	Senior	Utica, NY
Scoop Jardine	33	G	6-1	192	Freshman	Philadelphia, PA
Sean Williams	45	C	6-11	228	Freshman	Villa Park, CA

Standings

Big East ^[1]
Big East ^[1]	W-L	GB	W-L
#12 Georgetown	15-2	-	28-6
#19 Notre Dame	14-4	1	25-8
#6 Louisville	14-4	1	27-9
Connecticut	13-5	2	24-9
#21 Marquette	11-7	4	25-10
#17 West Virginia	11-7	4	26-11
#18 Pittsburgh	10-8	5	27-10
#24 Villanova	9-9	6	22-13
Syracuse	9-9	6	21-14
Cincinnati	8-10	7	13-19
Seton Hall	7-11	8	17-15
Providence	6-12	9	15-16
DePaul	6-12	9	11-19
St. Johns	5-13	10	11-19
South Florida	3-15	12	12-19
Rutgers	3-15	12	11-20

Developments

Eric Devendorf^[2] and Andy Rautins^[3] both suffered season ending knee injuries
Scoop Jardine was suspended for three games^[4]
Josh Wright and Devin Brennan-McBride both quit the team^[5]
Donte Greene declared for the NBA draft following the conclusion of the season^[6]
Jonny Flynn was named co-Big East Rookie of the Year^[7]
This marked the first season since 1982 that Syracuse missed back-to-back NCAA Tournaments

External links

Syracuse Orange men's basketball official website

References

[1] "Big East Conference Standings 2007-2008." ESPN Retrieved on May 24, 2008.

[2] ttp://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2007/12/devendorf_goes_down_with_knee.html

[3] ttp://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/story/2007/08/24/andy-rautins.html

[4] ttp://www.wtvh.com/sports/14627352.html

[5] ttp://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2007/11/wright_out_but_not_for_good.html

[6] ttp://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2008/04/syracuse_freshman_donte_greene.html

[7] ttp://blog.syracuse.com/video/2008/03/syracuses_jonny_flynn_shares_b.html

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v t e Syracuse Orange men's basketball
Venues	Archbold Gymnasium (1908–1947; 1952–1955) State Fair Coliseum (1947–1951) Onondaga County War Memorial (1951–1952; 1955–1962) Manley Field House (1962–1980) JMA Wireless Dome (1980–present) Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center (practice)
Rivalries	UConn
Culture & lore	"McNamara's Band" Otto the Orange Scandal 6-overtime game Syracuse Sports Network
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

1978-79 Roster

Standings

Developments

See also

External links

References