Edolphus Towns: “I really feel that the Syracuse team was an outstanding team, and it shows what can be done when you work real hard. I…”

“I really feel that the Syracuse team was an outstanding team, and it shows what can be done when you work real hard. I was just comparing Coach Boeheim with Coach Cal Irvin, who coached North Carolina A&T University for many, many years, how he always stressed working hard. When I look at the results of the Syracuse team and I look at the results of the North Carolina A&T team from many, many years ago, I can see the similarities between the two teams, the coaches as well as the players. I think that today means more than anything else. Al Attles is one of the finest individuals I have ever met, and they tell me, and from what I have seen and heard, that Carmelo Anthony is the same kind of individual. When I look at the outstanding players he had, going right down the roster, I think this is what it is all about today, having players that have character, having players that understand how important it is to follow rules and regulations. I am hoping that all of the young people in America were able to look at them and see in terms of the type of attitude that they demonstrated in this play that night as they won the championship. They won it with pride. They were proud. They were not people who were always arguing with the referees and arguing with each other. I think when teams work together, it shows what they can accomplish.”