* You know how Syracuse basketball is somehow never the underdog, even though it’s seemingly always the underdog? How it’s always crashing the party, even though it was invited? Welp, that “I’m sorry, but I’m not sorry” mantra applies to other teams, too.*.
The sharpened steak knife of Malachi Richardson sliced through the hot butter that was the Virginia defense. A freshman, and one hell of a press defense, were keys to Syracuse completing an improbable comeback on one of the biggest stages in men’s basketball. The player, the game and the entire NCAA tourney run in 2016 captured the hearts of the Orange’s worldwide community of followers.