NCAA Tournament: 1st round open thread with some Syracuse MBB memories

It’s the opening day of the 2023 NCAA MBB Tournament and while the Syracuse Orange will not be playing again this year, we know you want to talk about the games.

West Virginia and Maryland start the day off and unless you are truly bitter and spiteful you’ll be rooting for the Colgate squad to take out Texas this evening.

Since the Orange aren’t playing today, let’s look back at some happier times and some

1957: First NCAA game for the Orange as Gary Clark and Vin Cohen combine for 50 points to lead Syracuse past UConn in Madison Square Garden. This is also proof that Syracuse can play in a NCAA Tournament without Jim Boeheim involved.

Speaking of Boeheim, in 1966, his first NCAA game as a…