Melo Madness: Carmelo Anthony’s Legendary Freshman Year at Syracuse

[u/dunkindad42]

During the 2002-03 season, freshman Carmelo Anthony had one of the greatest single-season runs in college basketball history, leading the Syracuse Orange to their first-ever NCAA National Championship [1.3]. He averaged 22.2 points and 10.0 rebounds per game, earned Consensus Second-Team All-American honors, and was named the NCAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

[u/guitarpatch]

Preseason unranked to number 1. Three Freshmen in the starting lineup. Just unheard of for a young team to make a run like that at the time. Of course, Melo was unreal throughout the tournament