Carmelo Anthony

Freshman Year: Anthony was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player after leading Syracuse to its first NCAA Championship. . .He was honored as National Freshman of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association, Basketball Times , Sporting News and ESPN.com. . . The Sporting News named him a first-team All-American. . .He was selected a second-team All-American by the Associated Press , Basketball Times , USBWA and ESPN.com. . .Anthony’s other accolades included NCAA East Regional MVP, BIG EAST Rookie of the Year, All-BIG EAST First Team, and a unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST Rookie Team. . . Anthony led all NCAA Division I freshmen in rebounding average with 10.0 boards per game. . .With 22.2 points per game, he ranked second among freshmen in scoring average and 16th among all Division I players. . .His 778 points broke Lawrence Moten’s freshman scoring record at SU, and his 349 rebounds surpassed Derrick Coleman’s school rookie mark. . .He finished with the third-highest single-season points total in SU history behind Dave Bing and John Wallace. . .His rebound total ranked ninth on the Syracuse season rebounding list. . .His 22 double-doubles were the fourth-highest single-season total at Syracuse. . .He ranks 10th on the career double-doubles list. . .Anthony finished the season ranked sixth on the SU season field goals ledger, and eighth on the season free throws list. . .He set BIG EAST standards for double-doubles by a freshman (10) and freshman scoring average (21.4). . .Anthony earned 10 conference Rookie of the Week honors, besting Georgetown’s Allen Iverson’s record nine during the 1994-95 season. . .He produced double-digit scoring in every game of the season, and led the Orangemen in the points column in 24-of-35 contests. . .In the NCAA Tournament, Anthony averaged 20.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per outing, including 26.5 points and 12 boards per game in the Final Four. . .He recorded double-doubles in each of the last three games of the tournament. . .Anthony grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds in two games, against CONNECTICUT in the BIG EAST Tournament, and at GEORGETOWN. Anthony went to the foul line a team-high 238 times, sinking 168 (70.6 percent) of his shots. . .He had 10-or-more appearances at the charity stripe in 11 games. . .Anthony made 10-or-more free throws in seven of those games, and knocked down a career-high 11 at CONNECTICUT. . .He scored the first basket of the season for the Orange, a dunk against MEMPHIS in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. . .He finished that game with 27 points and 11 rebounds, both records for a Syracuse freshman debut. . .Anthony posted double-doubles in each of his next three games and in six of the first seven games of his career. . .He notched at least 20 points in each of his first nine games. . .He posted another 12-game streak of 20-plus-point games beginning with SU’s home win against GEORGETOWN and continuing through the BIG EAST Tournament. . .During that stretch, Anthony averaged 25.6 points and 10.8 rebounds per contest. . .As he led the Orangemen to a share of the BIG EAST regular-season crown, Anthony recorded double-doubles in his last four conference games. . .He averaged 26.3 points and 12.3 boards during that time, including 30-point games at Georgetown in an overtime victory and against Rutgers in the Carrier Dome finale. . .Anthony’s 33 points against TEXAS in the national semifinal established a career high. . .Against the Longhorns, Anthony tied his personal best with 12 made field goals. . .He established a career high for assists with seven against KANSAS in the national title game. . .He set an SU NCAA tournament mark with 99 field goal attempts in six games.