Fresh-squeezed ORANGEMAN. (cover story)

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  • Author(s): DeCourcy, Mike
  • Source:
    Sporting News. 4/14/2003, Vol. 227 Issue 15, p12. 5p. 3 Color Photographs, 1 Chart.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ANTHONY, Carmelo, 1984-; BASKETBALL players; COLLEGE sports; NATIONAL Collegiate Athletic Association; BASKETBALL teams; BASKETBALL tournaments
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED StatesReport Available; SYRACUSE (N.Y.); NEW York (State)Report Available
    • Abstract:
      Profiles the American freshman college basketball player, Carmelo Anthony, who played for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball team, the Syracuse Orangemen, and who led the unranked team to its first NCAA championship. Anthony has a gift for comedy, which, in a basketball context, is reserved for members of the Syracuse team and used to keep a young team from remembering its youth. Anthony played the college game better than any freshman in NCAA basketball. Ever. He was the third to be named 'Most Outstanding Player at the Final Four,' but the first to function as the dominant member of a championship team since freshmen regained eligibility in 1972. Kansas coach Roy Williams was impressed by Anthony's display of mettle near the 13-minute mark. Though a freshman, Anthony was first on the Syracuse team in scoring, rebounding, free throws made and attempted and minutes.