Rankings rarely matter. But even with that said, it's worth noting that the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team finished 10th in the final USA Today Coaches Poll of the 2015-16 season. Syracuse hadn't appeared higher than 19th during the year, and went into the NCAA Tournament unranked. Obviously that mattered little, since SU found themselves in the Final Four.
Syracuse was the poll's biggest mover, going from unranked to top-10. The vanquished Gonzaga Bulldogs were next, going from the 30th-highest vote-getter to 21st in these rankings. The Orange were the fourth-best ACC team according to the rankings: North Carolina (second), Virginia (fifth) and Miami (eighth) all finished in front of them.