Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Chapter 1 At the Top of his Profession 1
The 2003 NCAA Championship 1
Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 6
A Three-Time Olympic Gold Medal Coach 8
2008 Olympic Games 8
2012 Olympic Games 9
2016 Olympic Games 10
Boeheim Stayed the Course 10
Chapter 2 Growing up in Lyons, New York 13
Boeheim Becomes Involved in the Fight against Cancer 22
Chapter 3 Playing with Bing at Syracuse 26
Dave Bing 38
Boeheim the Student, the Person 39
Playing in the Eastern League 47
A Downturn at Syracuse 50
As an Assistant Coach 52
Chapter 4 Named Syracuse Head Coach 58
The Beginning of the Boeheim Era 58
1976-77 62
1977-78 64
1978-79 66
1979-80 66
Chapter 5 The Carrier Dome, the Big East, and the 1980s 73
1980-81 73
1981-82 77
1982-83 78
Pearl Washington 79
1983-84 86
1984-85 88
1985-86 89
1986-87 92
Chapter 6 1987 National Championship Game 94
1987-88 98
1988-89 99
Sherman Douglas 99
1989-90 101
Rony Seikaly, Derrick Coleman, and Billy Owens 102
1990-91 105
Probation 105
Chapter 7 Early Years of the Big East 108
Early 1990s: Syracuse Survives the Down Years 108
1991-92 and 1992-93 110
1993-94 112
Jim Meets Juli 112
1994-95 116
1995-96 117
Chapter 8 1996 National Championship Game 120
Chapter 9 Boeheim Battles his Image 123
1996-97 136
1997-98 138
1998-99 138
1999-2000 140
Chapter 10 A New Century 142
2000-01 142
2001-02 143
2002-03 144
Carmelo Anthony 144
National Championship Game 146
2003-04 155
2004-05 156
2005-06 156
Gerry McNamara 158
2006-07 161
2007-08 163
2008-09 164
Six-Overtime Win Over Connecticut 164
2009-10 168
Chapter 11 A New Decade 177
2010-11 177
Chapter 12 A Season of On-the-Court Highs and Off-The-Court Lows 187
2011-12 187
Bernie Fine Scandal Rocks Syracuse 188
Syracuse #1 190
Chapter 13 Boeheim's 50th Year on the Su Campus 208
2012-13 208
The March to 900 Wins 211
Still Some Critics Remained 211
Boeheim's Fourth Final Four 223
Chapter 14 Syracuse's Biggest Big East Rivalries: Georgetown and Connecticut 227
Syracuse, the Big East's Most Consistent Team 230
Chapter 15 Syracuse Joins the Atlantic Coast Conference 232
2013-14 232
Syracuse-Duke I 239
Syracuse-Duke II 246
2014-15 252
NCAA Sanctions: Amid the Storm, There Was Sunshine 259
Chapter 16 Syracuse's Unlikely Run to Another Final Four 272
2015-16 272
The Passing of Pearl Washington 290
2016-17 293
2017-18 312
Chapter 17 The 2-3 Zone 320
Recruiting 327
Chapter 18 Boeheim Debate Continues: Point-Counterpoint 330
Epilogue 335
Appendix: Boeheim in the Coaching Rankings 343
All-time Division I Coaches by Wins 343
Active Division I Coaches by Wins 343
Division I Coaches with 20-Win Seasons 343
Division I Coaches by Number of NCAA Tournament Wins 344
Division I Coaches by Number of Seasons with Current School 344
Coaches Fastest to 100 Wins 344
Coaches Fastest to 800 Wins 344
Active Division I Coaches by Total Games 345
Most Wins by School 345
Consecutive Winning Seasons Completed 345
Syracuse: Tournaments and Championships 345
NCAA Tournament Appearances 345
NCAA Tournament Record 345
NCAA National Championships 346
Helms Foundation National Championships 346
NCAA Final Four Appearances 346
NCAA Elite Eight Appearances 346
NCAA Sweet Sixteen Appearances 346
NIT Appearances 346
NIT Record 346
Big East Regular-Season Championships 346
Big East Tournament Championships 346
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 346
Consensus All-Americans 346
McDonald's All-Americans 346
All-Americans 346
All-Americans Coached by Boeheim 347
Retired Jerseys 347
All-Century Team 347
Boeheim's Coaching Tree 347
Syracuse Basketball: "Running with the Big Dogs" 347
About the Author 353
Acknowledgments 355
