Andy Rautins, Arinze Onuaku Illustrate What College Basketball Should Be

Tuesday, March 02 2010

SYRACUSE, NY-Before the start of Andy Rautins and Arinze Onuaku's senior day, Onuaku said the two of them shared a moment.

It was a moment 123 wins, one Big East Championship, two NCAA Tournament appearances, and a No. 1 ranking in the making.

It was also a moment 49 losses, two Selection Sunday disappointments, two knee injuries, and countless weeks outside the rankings in the making. But those losses humbled them; those tournament snubs and weeks unranked motivated them; and those injuries strengthened them.

Now, when Rautins and Onuaku finished their moment, the two fifth-year seniors took Jim Boeheim Court for the last time-and as the unquestioned leaders of perhaps the best team in the nation.

"They've been leaders since day one and pulled this team together," Jim Boeheim said. "I really cannot say enough about them."

Onuaku's development from a raw three-star recruit into one of the Big East's toughest centers to bang against in the post was...
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