AUGUSTA, Ga. – It was April 7, 2003. Exactly 18 years ago Wednesday, Syracuse defeated Kansas to win the NCAA men’s basketball national championship.
The biggest win in school history, the biggest win in the Hall of Fame career of Orange coach Jim Boeheim. A couple hours after the game ended, Boeheim made a phone call.
Even after the biggest win of his life, Augusta National was on his mind. “I had a deal with a guy that if we won the national championship, he’d get me onto Augusta National,” Boeheim said. “It was like 3 in the morning, right after the championship game, and we called to make sure it would happen.” And it did.