The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team suffered a 99-82 defeat at Pittsburgh on Saturday, marking the first time in the Jim Boeheim era where Syracuse has lost by 17 or more in three straight games. The last time Syracuse lost three consecutive games by that margin or more was in the 1961-62 season when Marc Guley was head coach.
As part of a larger trend in those aforementioned defeats, the storied Syracuse 2-3 zone defense continues to progressively devolve — particularly when it comes to defending the long-ball. Syracuse surrendered 16 made threes to the Panthers and has now given up 44 made triples in the last three games.