Another No. 3 seed goes down as No. 11 Syracuse upset West Virginia, 75-72. This is not new territory for the Orange, though — they now have nine wins as a double-digit seed, the most of any team.
West Virginia struggled in the first half, shooting just 32.1 percent. Syracuse’s zone defense cost the Mountaineers 11 turnovers as they struggled to move the ball.
Syracuse put on a 3-point clinic to start the second half, opening on an 8-2 run. It shot 45.2 percent from behind the arc, led by Buddy Boeheim who finished with six 3-pointers.