I have to admit, this match-up made me nervous. After enduring a brutal recent slate that saw the Syracuse basketball squad square off with numerous top-25 foes, the Orange traveled to Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon for a must-win encounter against a struggling opponent.
Because the ‘Cuse has a tendency to play at a level which aligns with its competition, for good or bad, I figured that perhaps SU would leave the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C., with a disappointing setback.
Gosh, I love it when I’m wrong. Syracuse (19-10, 10-6), as head coach Jim Boeheim described his roster following its total dismantling of the Demon Deacons (11-17, 4-12), got the job done with a really solid effort to capture its 10th victory in the Atlantic Coast Conference and remain at sixth place in the league race.