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Syracuse basketball isn’t completely fixed, but it’s a good start

Syracuse basketball got its second conference win of the season when they upset No. 18 Virginia on Saturday afternoon at the John Paul Jones Arena.

It was a thrilling 63-55 overtime victory and instantly became the best win on the season for the Orange.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.

A lot of things went wrong vs the Cavaliers and it nearly cost Syracuse the game.

The Orange lost the rebounding battle (47-to-44), Syracuse was abysmal offensively (32.8 percent from the field), and for 99 percent of the game, Buddy Boeheim couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat.