Hakim Warrick talks Texas dunk, ‘The Block’ for Syracuse in 2003

As the story goes, Hakim Warrick almost never even had the opportunity to put on a Syracuse Orange uniform. The 6-foot-9 forward out of Philadelphia wasn’t a highly sought-after recruit out of high school and it wasn’t until Julius Hodge surprisingly spurned Syracuse for NC State that a scholarship would open up for him on Jim Boeheim’s club.

That move ended up being a blessing in disguise for both Syracuse and Warrick — had Hodge decided to play his college basketball in Central New York, we never would have witnessed “The Block” that helped seal Syracuse’s first and only NCAA national title.

The stillframes are frozen in time. But despite being a decade and a half removed, the biggest play…