The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team is 17-14 (10-10 in ACC play) and will need to win the ACC Tournament in order to make it to the NCAAs. This much we know with near-certainty before games start in Greensboro on Tuesday.
What we also know is that Syracuse will have it pretty tough if they want to pull of what’s seemingly impossible right now: Four straight wins, and three of those likely have to be against the Florida State/Virginia/Louisville/Duke group that has lorded over the conference all regular season. Another is probably against a talented (though still decided “down” this year) North Carolina squad.