ST. LOUIS — After routing Dayton in their NCAA Tournament opener, Syracuse guards Mike Gbinije and Trevor Cooney were asked whether they had heard all the naysayers who claimed they didn't belong.
Orange coach Jim Boeheim didn't give them a chance to answer.
"Anybody that said we didn't deserve to be in obviously doesn't know anything about basketball," he said flatly. "They were just doing it to be cute and that's — we don't need to react to those things."
Not when they play like they did Friday.
Malachi Richardson scored 21 points, Tyler Roberson added 10 points and 18 rebounds, and the No.