Now that the greatest coach of all-time, living legend Jim Boeheim, (hook me up to a lie detector, you'll never convince me anyone in the history of the sport has ever done as great of a job as Boeheim did at our program) has retired, I thought it'd be a good time to put out the All-Boeheim Era Teams. As much as I wish he would have given us another decade as head coach, I'm excited to start the Autry Era and maybe do this again in another 20-50 years.

To be fair, I'm not old enough to remember much before Pearl Washington, so my teams are going to be biased by that, as well as a lot of other factors including but not limited to whether or not I liked a guy. I'm also not including anyone that played for Roy Danforth, even if just for a season. So apologies to Utica Legend and Orange Great Dale Shackleford. And while I'm not old enough to remember being upset by Penn in the Sweet 16, I am old enough to insist on doing these teams with 2 guards, 2 forwards, and a center. I'm sure there will be plenty to nit-pick with my picks, so feel free to tell me why I'm wrong or what I missed below.

First Team

G: Sherman Douglas - One of only three players under Boeheim to be a 2x AP All-American (Washington & Warrick), remains SU's All-Time leader in assists and 6th in scoring. Graduated as school's all-time scoring leader, and NCAA's all-time assists leader. Ultimately took him over Pearl due to my memories of the '87 NCAA Tournament run.

G: Lawrence Moten - My All-Time favorite Orangemen and school's all-time scoring leader.

F: Hakim Warrick - 2x AP All-American with a National Championship Ring. 5th on SU's scoring list and 4th in rebounds

F: Derrick Coleman - SU's all-time leading rebounder, 2nd all-time scorer, #1 overall in NBA Draft.

C: Etan Thomas - #1 on SU's all-time blocked shots list, with over a 100 on the #2 spot. For my money, the best defensive center to ever wear orange. If we had played Michigan State anywhere other than Detroit, Boeheim would have another Final Four to his name.

2nd Team

G: Pearl Washington - By any objective measure Pearl should be 1st Team. I'm not claiming to be objective.

G: Gerry McNamara - Just about single handily responsible for the greatest four day stretch in my 40+ years as a Syracuse fan, and I haven't even mentioned 2003 yet.

F: Carmelo Anthony - Only one year in orange, but it was a pretty good year.

F: John Wallace - 1996 remains my favorite NCAA Tournament run. He had a few other "decent" years in addition to '96 and remains #3 on SU's all-time scoring and rebounding lists.

C: Rony Seikaly - Was he an asshole? Sure, but he was our asshole and I love him for it.

3rd Team

G: Jason Hart - One of my All-Time favorites and a big reason we never had to deal with the unsufferable idiot Doug Gottlieb in an Orange uniform. Remains #2 All-Time in assists.

G: Brandon Triche - This may seem high, but I'll die on this hill. Triche spent as much time on teams ranked #1 in the country as probably any player in Orange history. Just an absolute winner. If the refs don't blow that blocking call against Michigan he'd have a National Title to his name and be even higher on my list.

F: Billy Owens - As talented as anyone to ever wear the uniform at Syracuse. Somehow (bad luck mostly), he never making a Final Four, and that's the only thing keeping him off of my first two teams.

F: Stephen Thompson - As far as guys who are in the Top 7 on SU's All-Time scoring list go, this one is pretty overlooked. One of my first "favorite" Orangemen as a kid and as exciting a dunker as I've ever seen.

C: Roosevelt Bouie - Before my time, but I know how to read a stat line and tend to take Jim Boeheim at his word.

4th Team

G: Adrian Autry - The 2012 Regional Final against Ohio State was the worst officiated game in the history sports, not just basketball. The 1994 Regional Semi-Final against Missouri, while often over looked in the large pantheon of horribly officiated Syracuse games, is also in the conversation. If the refs hadn't been shamed into blowing their whistle after Autry made that shot from his knees, we were Final Four bound. Scored over 1,500 points and remains 5th on the all-time assists list.

G: Eric Devendorff - I loved watching Devo play, and his career included a lot of all-time great moments from Gerry's Run at MSG to the 6OT classic. Mr. MSG.

F: C.J. Fair - I watched Syracuse win a lot of games with this kid on the floor. If we don't shoot 0/10 from three against Dayton, probably would have watched him win a few more and go to a 2nd Final Four.

F: Louie Orr - Like his running mate Bouie, was before my time, but I respect and celebrate the legend.

C: Otis Hill - One of my personal favorites and a guy who doesn't get enough mention as a Syracuse great.

5th Team

G: Trevor Cooney - Maybe the most unfairly maligned Orangemen of all-time. Only 'Cuse player to play in two Final Fours (DeJuan Coleman, injury, and Gbinije, transfer year, were on two rosters but didn't play in '13). Besides going to a lot of Final Fours, could also score a little too, finishing with over 1,400 points.

G: Jonny Flynn - Outside of Carmelo Anthony, I'm not sure any player has ever left as big of a mark on the program in as short of a period. Apologies to Buddy Boeheim, D-Nic, and Marius Janulis who I also took hard looks at for this final spot.

F: Todd Burgan - My sentimentality for the '96 team may have influenced my decesion to put Burgan here. But I'm not going to apologize for it. His 1,500 points and 3 solid seasons as a starter also influenced it as well.

F: Kris Joseph - The numbers say I should have put Rafael Addison here, but I have stronger memories of the Joseph years and it's my list.

C: Arinze Onuaku - Perhaps the personification of what it is to root for Syracuse Basketball. If he wasn't injured, if that call wasn't blown, if we hadn't called that time out, if the NCAA wasn't out to get us, if that water boy doesn't come off the bench to shoot 11 of 13 from three,....

I know I left a lot of deserving names off these list, so apologies to all those many other deserving guys.