Syracuse, N.Y. -- If the Syracuse women's basketball team holds up its end of the bargain, the Orange could be in for some home cooking to start the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
That's the projection of ESPN's Charlie Creme in his first bracketology of the season.
Creme currently has Syracuse (7-2) as the No. 4 seed in the Portland Region. In this scenario, SU hosts a pair of opening round games in the Carrier Dome. No. 5 Iowa State, No. 12 VCU and No. 13 Butler fill out that hypothetical sub-regional.
Oregon is the No.