Where is 2003 Syracuse basketball team now? The story of Carmelo Anthony, Gerry McNamara and Jim Boeheim's championship squad

You can't tell the story of college basketball in the 2000s and 2010s without Jim Boeheim's Syracuse Orange.

Despite being located in a fairly remote city in upstate New York, Syracuse built a powerhouse that contended for deep NCAA Tournament runs year in and year out under Boeheim. In 2003, the Orange (then known as the Orangemen) reached the pinnacle, winning their first and only national championship.

A young Carmelo Anthony defined Syracuse's 2003 team, but the entire group went down in history as legends of the program.

Here's a look back at Syracuse's 2003 national championship team and where the key contributors are today.

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Where is 2003 Syracuse now?

Jim Boeheim

For Boeheim, the national championship was the pinnacle of what turned out to be a lifetime job. Hired in 1976, Boeheim won his first title in year 26 at Syracuse and stuck around for another 20 seasons.

Boeheim took Syracuse to Final Fours in 2013 and 2016 but never returned to the national championship game, falling to Michigan in 2013 and North Carolina in 2016. While the Orange struggled to find the same regular-season dominance they once had, Boeheim's final seasons included a few surprisingly deep NCAA Tournament runs, including one final run to the Sweet 16 in 2021.

In 2015, the NCAA vacated more than 100 of Boeheim's wins due to a number of violations, including impermissible benefits. Including vacated wins, Boeheim reached 1,000 for his career in 2017; without vacated wins, he reached the milestone in 2022.

Boeheim retired from coaching at the end of the 2022–23 season and currently serves as a studio analyst for ACC Network, with in-arena appearances on the analyst desk during the ACC Tournament. He also serves as Syracuse's special assistant to the athletic director.

Carmelo Anthony

Anthony's dominance as a Syracuse freshman was only the beginning of a Hall of Fame basketball career.

While he settled for the No. 3 overall pick behind LeBron James and Darko Milicic in the 2003 NBA Draft, Anthony was a 10-time All-Star between the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks before finishing his career with stops in Oklahoma City, Houston Portland and Los Angeles as a Laker. Anthony led the NBA in scoring in 2012-13 and ranks 11th all-time with 28,289 points.

Anthony officially retired in 2023 and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2025. He currently serves as an NBA analyst for NBC Sports, and his son, Kiyan Anthony, spent the 2025-26 season playing basketball at Syracuse. 

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Gerry McNamara

A standout freshman alongside Anthony, Gerry McNamara memorably drilled six 3-pointers in the first half of the 2003 national championship game. He would stick around for three more years in orange and blue, averaging more than 17 points per game as a sophomore in 2003-04. McNamara's No. 3 was retired by Syracuse in 2023.

After a brief international career, McNamara returned to Syracuse as a graduate assistant and ultimately a full-time assistant under Boeheim. He was promoted to associate head coach under Adrian Autry when Boeheim retired in 2023 and earned his first head coaching opportunity the following year.

McNamara is currently in his second season as the head coach at Siena, where he oversaw a 10-win improvement in his first season and a nine-win improvement plus an NCAA Tournament appearance in his second.

Hakim Warrick

Warrick joined Anthony in the NBA in 2005, when the Memphis Grizzlies made him the No. 19 overall pick.

The forward spent eight seasons in the NBA, primarily functioning as a reserve and averaging more than 10 points per game on three occasions. Warrick played internationally at a handful of stops until 2018.

While Warrick's playing days are done, he had his No. 1 retired by Syracuse alongside McNamara in a ceremony in 2023. Warrick otherwise keeps a low profile with basketball behind him.

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Kueth Duany

The only senior on Syracuse's team in 2003, Keith Duany tried his hand at professional basketball after winning the national championship and spent time in the D-League (now known as the G League) without ever earning an NBA call-up.

Once basketball was behind him, Duany attempted to work in investment but didn't find much interest. According to Syracuse's Office of Multicultural Advancement, Duany then decided to rejoin his family in South Sudan and "forged a career in real estate development, aiding in the economic recovery of his home country."

As of 2023, Duany was splitting time between South Sudan and Florida, where his wife and two daughters were located.

Craig Forth

Forth was Syracuse's starting center in 2003, rarely playing a major scoring role but making an impact with his size, rebounding and shot-blocking ability.

After his playing career, Forth became a teacher in upstate New York and is currently the assistant principal at Mechanicville High School in Saratoga County.

Billy Edelin

Sixth man Billy Edelin returned to Syracuse for two more seasons, starting 16 games and averaging 13.8 points per game as a sophomore in 2003-04, but eligibility issues and suspension cost him time in all three of his seasons with the Orange.

As his issues compiled, Edelin left the school in 2005. He continued to live in Syracuse, where he became a clerk at Onondaga County courthouse and began training young basketball players in upstate New York.

In 2022, Edelin revealed he was working on "skill development" with young players from the Washington D.C. area.

Revisiting 2003 Syracuse national championship team

After missing the NCAA Tournament entirely in 2002, Syracuse put together a run for the ages with Anthony, McNamara and Edelin among those joining the program.

Syracuse entered the 2003 tournament as the No. 3 seed and only led No. 14 Manhattan by four at halftime in the opening around, but the Orangemen defeated No. 6 Oklahoma State in the second round before narrowly surviving a 51-point second half by No. 10 Auburn in the Sweet 16 and holding on for a one-point win.

Syracuse held No. 1 Oklahoma to 47 points in the Elite Eight and scored 95 points against No. 1 Texas in the Final Four, with Anthony exploding for 33 points and 14 rebounds as McNamara posted 19 points and four steals.

With the help of an explosive first half from McNamara, Syracuse outlasted Kansas in the national championship game for an 81-78 win. It remains the program's only national championship and still serves as a rare example of a freshman-led team winning a title. 

Syracuse also became only the second No. 3 seed to win a national title, though two more teams have done it since.

2003 Syracuse basketball roster

Here's a complete look at Syracuse's roster from its 2003 national championship run.