All Kris Joseph Does Is Win, Win, Win No Matter What
by Sean Keeley on Feb 17, 2012 5:16 PM EST
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PrintDerrick Coleman, Stevie Thompson and Sherman Douglas.
No three players have won more basketball games while wearing a Syracuse uniform than this trio, who can each boast to taking part in 113 victories while at SU. Coleman and Thompson from 1986-87 through the 1989-90 and Douglas from 1985-86 to 1988-89.
Mike Waters points out today that Kris Joseph is on the verge of eclipsing all of them.
Syracuse senior Kris Joseph is about to join and then, presumably, pass some elite company. Joseph is on the verge of becoming the winningest player in Syracuse history.
Joseph has been a part of 111 wins in his Syracuse career.
What it speaks to, more than just how successful and talented Joseph is, is how special this recent upswing in Syracuse basketball history has been.
There's no doubt that the era of Derrick Coleman, the mid-to-late-80's and early 90's are considered the greatest era in SU history. The 1996 Final Four and the 2003 National Title are quick blips of success since but it wasn't until the last couple years that the Orange have seen sustained, consistent success at an elite level.
Of course, Coleman's Era has the 1987 Final Four to point to a singular special time and event within itself. What does this KrisJo Era have? So far, a lot of wins and accolades but no singular moment like a Final Four. Boy, that sure would complete the story, wouldn't it?
Now, because you've got that song in your head, go listen to it.
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Hahaha, yesterday I started making my next :44 second video to this song
Be on the lookout.
Great minds think alike.
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wrong song in my head
When you said final four, I started thinking about the road to the final four music from CBS.
by cuse1727 on Feb 17, 2012 5:27 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
You misspelled "Lin, Lin, Lin"
You’re more than welcome to kick me in the nuts for that.
So far the singular moment
Is probably the 6OT game, which Kris didn’t have a huge role in. At the same time, we could probably point to it as the end of the one-and-done recruiting strategy era (think of all of the guys during the 04-09 stretch that were supposed to be pros, instead of Syracuse players),
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HUH?
which guys?? paul harris/ devo never saw them as one and dones if thats who your talking about and dont get which recruiting strategy either…if any players good enough he can go pro if he wants to. JB recruit 3 players last year with the assumption that melo, waiters (wuda been 1 and done) krisjo would go pro after the season. If coleman has a huge season next and wants to go pro he would be a one and done. if su lands noel one and done, honestly dont get what your talking about, anyteam that can get a great player for the teams system would doit I dont think the su coaches just go recruit kids and say your not gonna be a one and done here
Umm..
Donte Green and Paul Harris were both seen as one and dones.
Donte atleast cashed in on it.
by Gregory Tuers on Feb 17, 2012 5:53 PM EST up reply actions
Harris was supposed to be one-and-done.
If it wasn’t for the one-year of college rule he would have gone pro out of high school.
Donte Green was one and done (and was expected to be by some). Not sure about any others who were expected to be one and done though.
Clear eyes, full bologna sandwiches!
scouts are down on krisjo
yet they think he will go late first round…..you know how stupid that statement sounds…i think certain syracuse bloggers (that love blasting him) think late first round means he must not be that good….to be pick late first means your better then just about 100000 other players
I think he slips into the second
I think he is looking at Europe down the road. He doesn’t rebound well, I don’t think he can guard a 3 in the NBA at all, and the knock on him, true or not, is that he is soft.
i was expecting one shining moment!
rest in piece Luther Vandross.
Has anyone checked the stats to see which players have the fewest losses throughout 4 seasons.
by jsl4980 on Feb 17, 2012 6:43 PM EST via mobile reply actions
7 win difference between Scoop's freshman year and KJ's
I’m not sure if they’re counting games that KJ was on the team but didn’t get into the game. There were a couple games his freshman year he didn’t get into, plus Pitt last year when he was hurt.
If we are counting those, then Brandon Reese is also well on his way to proving himself as one of the SU legends.
I’d think Triche will most likely beat this mark next year, no?
Triche
right now has 83 career wins. If Cuse wins 29 or more next year he will have the record.
If you count games Scoop and Kris actually played in, it should be close.
While Scoop’s freshman year was bad, he did play in more games than Kris did his freshman year, if I’m not mistaken. If I recall Kris got Mookie-esque minutes in blowouts,with the notable exception of the 6OT game.
I thought KJ didn't get into a lot his freshman year
But he managed to get into 34 of 38 games, somehow. Two of the four he missed were losses, too. Plus the Pitt game he missed last year was a loss. The minutes he had in 08-09 weren’t always in blowouts, either. Scoop only missed two games his freshman year, but I can’t find which ones with a quick, lazy search.
Does missing two free throws go against him?
If not, then he had one in the BET final loss to Louisville.
Anything that would appear in a standard boz score
So FT attempts would nullify a trillion
"If I ain't gonna be part of the greatest, I gotta be the greatest myself." Busta Rhymes
by FeloniousPhunk on Feb 18, 2012 8:15 PM EST up reply actions
Its a combination of things that has lead us to better talent
Take the national championship, add in JB’s recent rise in popularity as a guest with national media types ( ‘Pardon the Interruption’, Don Patrick, etc.), JB’s USA basketball success / exposure, Melo’s NBA success, and the Melo center and you have Syracuse now sitting as an elite destination in kids minds. Never has Syracuse recruited the way we have recruited in recent history.
Talent wins games. Too often over the years SU had 1 or maybe 2 really good players on the roster and a lot of mediocre ones, and worse some years we were forced to play scrubs ( like Billy Celuck). Now the scrubs are gone and we have 3, 4 or 5 guys that are really good out there every night, and the mediocre ones tend to be younger and getting better.
I was thinking, "One Shining Moment"
or “Cuse is in the house (OMG)” or “Shut it down.”
I’d love to hear all of these in a mash-up during a raucous Monday night celebration in early April…ft. Meek Mill.
We are truely in a golden age of SU hoops
Hope it goes to platinum! errr wait. I mean.. ah you know what I mean.
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