Horrible farewells

by Girardi Party on Mar 21, 2011 1:22 AM EDT

What a tough way for Rick Jackson to go out: A very solid, hard-working four-year player plays arguably the worst game of his senior season in an early NCAA tournament loss. Marquette was playing tough defense against him and he never seemed like he was in the flow of the game... Really a shame, because you'd like to see him go out strong. We have a pretty strong recent history of miserable sendoffs for four-year(-plus) players, though...

Hakim Warrick and the 2005 Orange lose to Vermont in one of the ugliest Syracuse games ever played after Gerry McNamara dribbled off his leg. We also get the bonus of making a star out of Tom Brennan and his tendency to start every sentence with "When we beat Syracuse..." for the next three years on ESPN (and still today on Westwood One).
McNamara, not to be outdone, leads Syracuse on a magical run through the Big East Tournament, taking down number-one UConn and hated rival Georgetown on the way, only to get blown out by (an admittedly underseeded) Texas A&M in the first round of the NCAAs.
Arinze Onuaku sadly busts his knee in a mostly meaningless game against Georgetown in the BET, and then gets to watch helplessly from the bench as fellow five-year player Andy Rautins and company sleepwalk through the first fifteen minutes of the Butler game and drop a weird one in the Sweet 16 after maybe the best regular season in school history.

And don't forget Lawrence Moten, of course, who will probably—hopefully—never be topped.

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I think it applies to almost all teams

Look at Notre Dame’s seniors… Pitt’s seniors… George Mason’s seniors… and so on. Butler’s seniors last year even. One shot away. In this format, 67 teams will have their season end with a disappointing loss.

The one that disappoints me is A.O. because he was injured. Rick? He played poorly.

Dictated, but not read.

by ezcuse on Mar 21, 2011 11:35 AM EDT reply actions

Most seniors go down in flames

At least their teams do.

You can add Damone Brown to that list. The 2001 team lost by 30 to Kansas in the second round and that was that.

~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."

by Kurupt on Mar 21, 2011 12:45 PM EDT reply actions

In my memory

Only Kueth Duany and Carmelo Anthony got the farewells they deserved. Well, I suppose the crappy players and assholes got the farewells they deserved as well.

by Mike I. on Mar 23, 2011 4:38 PM EDT reply actions

Senior moments

I feel like A.O or Warrick’s would take the cake for me. A.O’s team was doing well and was a number 1 team during the season and for him to go out it ruined our chances of a National Championship.

And for Warrick..I still have nightmares of Sorrentine stepping back and hitting they 30 foot 3-pointer. That was a tough loss. And to me a horrible way to go out after having so much success at Syracuse.

As for Pitt and Notre Dame..I thought you go into freshmen year fully knowing you won’t win anything :X

by godofcuse on Mar 26, 2011 11:34 AM EDT reply actions