The Syracuse Orange head into tonight’s game against the Louisville Cardinals with a record of 9-5.
They will need to finish with a 13-4 record over the rest of the ACC schedule to avoid heading into the post-season with at least 10 losses for the eight time in the last nine seasons. When they look across the court at tonight’s opponent, they should be wary because it’s a path Syracuse does not want to veer down.
Now the optimists (and Jim Boeheim) will counter that in the last nine seasons, Syracuse has made a Final Four and two Sweet Sixteens, They will say that what happens in March and April matters most and they aren’t wrong in that regard.