Syracuse Basketball: Top 30 Players in School History
By Josh Peelman
Dennis DuVal played in a time when freshmen were not allowed to play with the varsity team. However, he more than made up for it the other three years he played for the team.
Standing at 6’3, “Sweet D” as he was nicknamed, was a player who
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liked the spotlight. He liked to do trick shots in practice, and because of that, Coach Roy Danforth allowed him to do little shows for Orange fans before each game of his career.
During games, he was also a constant star for the Orangemen. He increased his scoring average each year while at Syracuse. He scored 15.6 ppg as a sophomore, 19.6 as a Junior, and 20.6 as a senior. Along with fellow star Greg Kohls, they made one of the best duos Syracuse Basketball has ever seen.
His senior year, he was named a 3rd team All-American and the Washington Bullets selected him in the second round of that year’s NBA Draft. He would play one year with the Bullets and one year with the Atlanta Hawks before retiring from the NBA.
DuVal left a legacy as a scoring guard at Syracuse, but he’ll also be remembered for how he wasn’t afraid of just having fun out there on the court. Dennis DuVal sits 21st on the all-time scoring list at SU with 1,504 points.
He was inducted into the Syracuse Hall of Fame in 1994 and was named to the Syracuse All-Century team in 2000. DuVal would go onto to continue serving Syracuse as a Police officer for 26 years before he retired in 2004.