While Quentin Hillsman has led Syracuse to a 4-2 start in ACC play, a mark that places the Orange in a tie for fifth in the league with 10 dates remaining on the calendar, not much has changed in the Orange’s profile — at least according to basketball computing machines — from a win projection perspective: Expected to compile a 19-12 record prior to entering the conference slate, the ladies have maintained that projection while ever-so-slightly improving their overall rank relative to the rest of the nation.
This doesn’t have the feel of a team that is going to shatter faces in March, but it is positioned nicely to earn another NCAA Tournament invitation, a berth that would be only the ninth in the program’s history.