The Syracuse basketball squad and its fan base didn’t have to sweat out Selection Sunday. That’s good news. The bad news is that SU (20-13) is playing its inaugural tilt in March Madness far from home, and versus an exceptional foe in Baylor (19-13).
The ‘Cuse, seeded No. 8 in the West Region, will square off on Thursday evening with the ninth-seeded Bears, out of the Big 12 Conference, in a round of 64 duels at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City. As we all know, the Orange finished the 2018-19 regular season tied for sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while Baylor wrapped things up in fourth place in the Big 12.