Mcnamara's Band Marches On ; 'Cuse Caps Remarkable Big East Title Run

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NEW YORK His legs wobbled, his arms quivered and his lungs rose and fell in desperate heaves. Gerry McNamara's body was spent, but his soul? Replenished.

Exhausted from the four basketball games in four days that just earned his Syracuse team a wholly unexpected Big East tournament title, McNamara was invigorated by what he and his team had just accomplished. With another monumentally important shot to help his team win, this time defeating Pittsburgh, 65-61, McNamara punctuated perhaps the best four-day run by a player in tournament history.

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Mcnamara's Band Marches On ; 'Cuse Caps Remarkable Big East Title Run

"I've seen every game, maybe not live but I've seen them, and I haven't seen any one guy do what he did these four days," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. "Some guys win one game once in a w...

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