The Syracuse Orange are in the Sweet 16, and also the second-chalkiest regions remaining. As an 11-seed, SU was the lone major surprise in the Midwest. It wouldn’t have been a stretch to project seeing the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks, No. 2 Duke Blue Devils or No. 5 Clemson Tigers here at all.
Syracuse doesn’t have its choice of opponents, and they’ll face Duke on Friday night. But if they were able to pick between those three teams (all repeat opponents from the regular season), which would be the most- and least-desirable?
Ranking them from the one you’d want to play most first:
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