Of the opponents that the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team has faced on 20 or more occasions all-time, they have losing records against just two of them. SU’s 9-12 vs. NYU but hasn’t faced them since 1964 (and likely won’t ever again). The other program to qualify there is the Louisville Cardinals.
Syracuse is 9-18 against the Cardinals — 3-6 prior to the Cards joining the Big East, 4-9 when both were members of the Big East, and 2-3 in the ACC.
That recent “uptick” sounds nice, but it still underlines the issue against the Cardinals under every coach, but especially Rick Pitino.