After the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team’s 3-3 start, you had every right to be worried. The team was blown out by Colgate, and looked out of its depth in the Bahamas. With a tough late November/early December slate in front of the team, things looked a bit dire.
They still might, admittedly. But Syracuse has managed to win two straight vs. Indiana and Florida State, and now goes into a big matchup with Villanova carrying what some might consider momentum — even if there’s a case to be made that it’s fool’s gold.