‘Will to Win’: Syracuse Basketball’s Unlikely Rise from Underdogs to 2003 NCAA Champions

Give melo is flowers he still has enough in the tank to get a championship for any team before he retire

Honestly if Melo stayed, he could’ve won again & went 1st overall pick

Ppl gonna think I’m lying but the first game I saw Melo play in college they lost and I was like they go win the championship. He was just a different type of player

It will always be the Orangemen and the carrier dome to me

What a documentary! I learned so much that’s awesome.

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Grew up in SYR
Fan my whole life
This was a phenomenal team

Oh wow! SOCOM was my sh#*!!!

Brought me right back into the feels

I’m here before 100k

What a documentary!!! Wow

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Where's that Oklahoma State game at on YT?

I need that sweater and Hat

This was really well-done. It's interesting to compare the 2004 "Orange Odyssey" documentary to this one with interviews 20 years later. The only aspect of this I wasn't crazy about was the "players watching other footage on tablets" motif, which is basically stolen from ESPN's "The Last Dance" documentaries.

What a way to remember the 20 year anniversary. That was a great season and its great to hear some of the behind-the-scenes stories.

Love all of you!

Attending SU when they made it to the sweet 16 in 2021 you could feel how electric the campus was, I couldn't imagine how it would be had we went on to win the chip

I still have the game on a VHS tape!

What a season. Glad Jim got one.

This was well put together.. I teared up a few times watchin it.. thk u for this!!! LETS GO ORRRRANGE!!! 💪🏿❤

Outside of my Tarheels, this Syracuse team was my favorite to watch win it all . What a duo McNamara & Melo were ! I remember watching them in like early Jan. Big East play & immediately being drawn to this team .

Excellent. So great to see the whole team participate in the interviews. Great job.

Thanks for a great trip down memory lane.Really well put together by everyone

This is a great watch and brings back a ton of memories! Thanks!

Ok so as a 50 year old man born and raised in Syracuse, this team finally brought us what were waiting for , thanks so much, side note the parade was off the chain

Really well done!!!

Awesome cuse team- best story in sports

It was 21 years ago today that the Syracuse Orange defied the odds and won the 2003 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Thanks for watching.

This 1 championship was cute

do they offer English courses at Syracuse?

GERRY LOOKS LIKE HE'S ALWAYS ON THE VERGE OF BURSTING IN TEARS

Carmelo was my Favorite player growing up

Hakim Warrick’s baseline dunk against Texas was the poster!!! If I remember correctly it didn’t count… What a poster though!!!

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This was great man this literally had my eyes watering To win at something you live so much is one of the greatest feelings In the world

Hearing Carmelo say Wegmans is surreal 😄

I remember that Memphis v. Syracuse on ESPN

They stink now so who cares

MacNamara was a critical part of the recipe for this championship run, don’t date slight him

The first time I saw Melo play he was in like the tenth grade and he was literally straight giving it to everyone on the other team easily too! It looked so overwhelmingly easy for him, you immediately knew you were witnessing a special player

Unbelievable video and documentary! It was very very awesome entertainment!

He's no Steph Curry tho so stop smh

Love this. From ' cuse. 54 years old. Remeber like it was yesterday. Also 1996.

Why cant we play like this? I know it was magic, but we are Syracuse Orange. Its 2025 and we stink

That block in the championship by Warrick was magic. In today's game, they would've just fouled Kansas and not given them a chance to get a 3. The game was so much better before the portal

This a good doc watched it twice

Cried 3 times… held back tears most of the film. Great Job! 👏🏼 Bloopers icing on the cake 😂😂

I love how Gerry was mad about second half. He did enough but wanted to do more. Love it.