Did you know that Jim Boehiem’s Syracuse head coaching tenure predates the NCAA Tournament seeding process? The NCAA didn’t adopt a seeding policy for the tournament until 1978, at which point Boeheim already had two full seasons worth of head coaching experience under his belt.
His Orange squad earned a No. 8 seed in this year’s tournament and will square off against the No. 9 seed Baylor Bears in the West Region. This is the second time ever in program history that Syracuse has been a No. 8 seed.
Boehiem has now brought Syracuse to the NCAA Tournament 34 times in his 43 year head coaching career.