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Syracuse Basketball: Jim Boeheim "Happiest He's Been" on Selection Sunday

Since the Syracuse Orange were invited to this year's NCAA Tournament, we didn't get the assured Jim Boeheim tour of anger and raking the NCAA over the coals that would have ensued. That's a bummer in some respects, though obviously we'd prefer to be invited. Jim still provided a pretty jovial interview on ESPN after selections were revealed that still gave plenty of opportunities for some digs (which he happily took).

To local media, however, he was much more focused on what SU did to get in. He even shared a surprising note (true or not):

"This is the happiest that I've been on Selection Sunday in all my years of coaching.