Basketball great Louis Orr, who played at Syracuse, the NBA, and later served as coach at Seton Hall, kicked the bucket on Thursday at the age of 64.
A family statement said Orr lost the battle to cancer of the pancreas.
Orr, a 6-foot-8 forward, played for the Orange from 1976 to 1980. As a freshman, he was a member of Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim’s first season at Cuse.
Orr and teammate Roosevelt Bouie were nicknamed the “Louis and Bouie Show” and led some of the most successful teams in program history. During Orr’s collegiate career, Syracuse went 100-18 and reached the NCAA Tournament every season.
Orr graduated in 1980 with 1,487 career points and was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the second round of the 1980 NBA Draft.
The Cincinnati native played in Indiana for two seasons, guiding the Pacers to the first round of the playoffs as a rookie in 1981
From 1976 until 1980, Orr, a 6-foot-8 forward, competed for the Orange. He participated in the inaugural season at Cuse under Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim as a freshman.
The “Louis and Bouie Show,” as Orr and colleague Roosevelt Bouie were known, coached some of the most successful squads in program history. Syracuse finished Orr’s undergraduate career with a record of 100-18 and made it to the NCAA Tournament each year.
Louis Orr funeral, burial service, pictures, date, time, venue
With 1,487 career points, Orr graduated in 1980 and was chosen by the Indiana Pacers in the second round of the 1980 NBA Draft.
The native of Cincinnati spent two seasons playing in Indiana, where as a rookie in 1981, he led the Pacers to the first round of the playoffs.
The details of his burial service are yet to be made known.
