Syracuse has been selected for the NCAA Tournament as a No. 10 seed and will play No. 7 Dayton (25-7, 14-4 Atlantic 10) in its first game on Friday, March 18 in St. Louis, Missouri. In the 2014 NCAA Tournament, third-seeded Syracuse was knocked out by 11th-seeded Dayton in the Round of 32, 55-53.
The winner of Syracuse and Dayton will likely play second-seeded Michigan State in the Round of 32 in St. Louis on Sunday, March 20.
Before the right half of the bracket was even announced, the side Syracuse in on, the NCAA leaked the bracket online and it quickly spread through Twitter.