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McNamara and Warrick Jerseys Headed for Dome Rafters

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Twenty years after playing a major role in Syracuse’s first NCAA Basketball Championship, Gerry McNamara ’06 and Hakim Warrick ’05 will have their Orange jerseys hoisted to the Dome rafters. The jersey retirements will take place on Sunday, March 4 when Syracuse hosts Wake Forest at 5 pm in the JMA Wireless Dome. McNamara and Warrick will join their NCAA Championship teammate Carmelo Anthony and 13 other former Orange standouts in an elite group of Syracuse men’s basketball student-athletes who have had their jerseys retired. The group also includes Dave Bing, Roosevelt Bouie, Derrick Coleman, Sherman Douglas, Dennis DuVal, Billy Gabor, Vic Hanson, Lawrence Moten, Louis Orr, Billy Owens, Rony Seikaly, Wilmeth Sidat-Singh and Dwayne ‘Pearl’ Washington.
 
McNamara virtually took over Central New York during his Syracuse University basketball career. By the time his four-year tenure on “The Hill” was completed, he had earned a spot among the most recognizable players in program history.
 
His freshman season was nothing short of spectacular as the Orange raced all the way to the 2003 NCAA Championship. In the 2004 NCAA Tournament, McNamara tallied a career-high 43 points against BYU to help SU into the “Sweet 16.”
 
In 2004-05, McNamara earned first-team All-BIG EAST Conference recognition and was named to the league’s All-Tournament Team. He made 107 3-points during the season, a school record. McNamara led the Orange to the 2006 BIG EAST Tournament championship and was presented with the Dave Gavitt Award as the most outstanding player in the event. McNamara was a first-team all-conference selection again. Syracuse earned NCAA Tournament spots in 2005 and 2006, making it four straight years for McNamara.
 
McNamara competed in the NBA Developmental League and participated in a preseason training camp with the Utah Jazz before opting for a career in coaching. McNamara returned to Syracuse to join the Orange staff as a graduate assistant prior to the 2009-10 season and was promoted to a full-time assistant before the 2011-12 campaign. Syracuse has made NCAA Tournament appearances in nine of his 13 seasons as an assistant and reached the Final Four in 2013 and 2016. He was part of a staff which guided the Orange into the Sweet 16 in 2018 and 2021.
 
McNamara’s Syracuse Accomplishments

  • Starter on the 2003 NCAA Championship Team
  • Played on four NCAA Tournament teams
  • Member of the 2006 BIG EAST Tournament Championship Team
  • A 2006…

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