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Names Revisited

Back in 2006, I commented on the fact that in the storied history of Syracuse basketball, Mike Jones became the first Orange basketball player by the name of Jones. Well, in the 2008-09 season, Mookie Jones became the second Jones to join the team. Mookie would never be a regular, but he was a good shooter who struggled on defense. Mike Jones had opened the floodgates, because in the 2012-13 season, walk-on Noel Jones joined the squad.

Other common and familiar names joined the team since that time, spanning from 2007 to 2015.

The third Jackson joined Syracuse in 2007-08 when Rick Jackson was a freshman.