[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H2875-H2876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               GO ORANGE

  (Mr. WALSH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALSH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Syracuse 
University Orangemen men's basketball team who are on their way to the 
final four in the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ, this weekend.
  In central New York, we look forward to cheering them on in their 
third final four appearance in school history, the second under 20-year 
head coach Jim Boeheim--and the first since SU was denied the national 
championship by a single basket in 1987.
  As I boast, I wish also to congratulate all the teams who have played 
in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's tournament, 
especially the University of Massachusetts, Kentucky and Mississippi 
State. The other three schools in the final four are State schools. 
Syracuse is the only one that bears the name of a city. So there is 
indeed a special feeling in my hometown for this team. At this moment 
there is a huge pep rally occurring in front of city hall and lots of 
orange everywhere.
  No team has come further than the SU Orangemen. Coach Boeheim has

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once again successfully inspired and challenged an extraordinary group 
of young men.
  They have fought from the first whistle, having been unranked in the 
preseason, to get here today, to play one more weekend. Two more games, 
we hope, in an incredible season.
  We in Syracuse know them to be a great group of student athletes who 
have made us all very proud. Win or lose, the Orangemen of 1995-96 will 
be remembered with fondness for their sportsmanship and their heart. 
They have given many central New Yorkers a warm feeling after a very 
long winter.
  Congratulations to all, and go Orange.

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