ST. LOUIS -- Jim Boeheim is known for a lot of things. Being full of mirth is usually not one of them.
But the Syracuse coach said that seeing his team pop up in the NCAA tournament field was the happiest he'd ever been on Selection Sunday. Which we like to imagine meant cracking a small smirk.
The Orange have played in 32 NCAA tournaments in Boeheim's 40 seasons as head coach. None have come under all the circumstances accompanying this year's bid.
"This was the first time that we were on the so-called bubble that we actually made it," Boeheim said Thursday in St.