The Syracuse basketball team didn’t get a lot of love in the Atlantic Coast Conference’s annual preseason media poll, which got released on Thursday. Journalists who cover ACC crews forecasted that the Orange will wrap up the 2019-20 campaign at No. 8 in the league – or right smack in the middle of the conference.
This prognostication for the ‘Cuse is not surprising in the least. Syracuse only returns one starter from a stanza ago, and its roster, while plush with depth and offensive weapons, is relatively young and could struggle on the defensive side.
Beyond the ballot unveiled on Thursday, in recent weeks a bunch of other college-hoops analysts, bracketologists and writers have opined that the Orange will likely fall somewhere around the center of the ACC pecking order, and the ‘Cuse is also anticipated to hover on the proverbial Big Dance bubble.