All the Syracuse Orange needed to do in order to ensure potential disaster on Selection Sunday — two weeks away — was another quadrant three loss against Wake Forest (191st in NET). But as they’ve done since ACC play began, aside from the Georgia Tech loss, the Orange took care of business in a 79-54 drubbing of Wake Forest.
Those wins against the likes of Boston College, Pittsburgh and Miami ensured SU wouldn’t pair too much baggage alongside disappointing non-conference losses to Old Dominion, Oregon and Connecticut.
With only games against quadrant one teams remaining on the regular season schedule, Syracuse appears in solid position to make the NCAA Tournament unless they drop an ACC Tournament game to a Wake-esque team, along with some bid steals.