It feels like a lifetime ago that the Syracuse Orange were competing in the Big East Conference, an upstart it helped form in 1979 and was a member of through 2013. Of course, you’d be hard pressed to find a Syracuse fan that’s forgotten about that. After all, Syracuse fans are receipt bearing, keeping the mental note status of the national media set to evergreen.
In its final year as member of the Big East in 2013, Syracuse went on to the Final Four before falling to Michigan in the National Semifinal.