Welcome back everyone to your weekly dose of Cardiac ‘Cuse.
The Syracuse Orange barely squeaked pass the NC State Wolfpack on Sunday night with a 76-73 win. The Orange needed drastic game plan and personnel changes to spark an 11-point comeback against an undermanned Wolfpack team. While a win is a win, Syracuse’s vast issues in the 2020-21 season crept back into the picture.
Here’s our takeaways from a rather unusual and weird game.
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Sloppy basketball
I don’t think it’s an understatement to say that Syracuse played one of its worst halves of the year against NC State.