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An Open Letter of Apology to America From Syracuse Basketball

We did not intend for our run to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2016 NCAA Tournament to cause harm or insult to anyone and if you have been offended by our wins over the seven-seeded Dayton Flyers or 15-seeded Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, we apologize from the bottom of our hearts.

We made a mistake and put ourselves in an environment that does not reflect who we are as people. We regret this lapse in judgment.

Specifically, we want to apologize to certain people, schools and organizations.

To Joe Lunardi, who was very upset that the NCAA committee let us into the tournament despite being a team that he felt was lacking in bona fides.