NCAA Tournament March Madness

#69 Syracuse

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Projection: likely out

Syracuse's resume reads like a team with flashes of quality but too many damaging results to feel secure about an at-large berth. The Orange have meaningful moments, including a nonconference victory over Tennessee and conference wins over Florida State and Notre Dame plus road triumphs at Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh, yet those highlights are undermined by ugly neutral-site losses to Houston, Kansas and Iowa State and a surprising home setback to Hofstra along with heavy league road defeats at NC State and North Carolina. Much of the win total comes against low-major opposition, which does little to counterbalance the bad losses, and the résumé lacks a truly marquee neutral or road signature that committees prize. With winnable chances remaining against Virginia, California and SMU and dangerous tests at Duke, Wake Forest and Louisville along with a rematch with North Carolina and a home date with Pittsburgh, Syracuse still has paths to repair the profile, yet until it seizes any of those opportunities it will likely be left on the outside.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Binghamton362W85-47
11/8Delaware St358W83-43
11/15(N)Drexel213W80-50
11/18Monmouth NJ226W78-73
11/24(N)Houston6L78-74
11/25(N)Kansas12L71-60
11/26(N)Iowa St4L95-64
12/2Tennessee18W62-60
12/11St Joseph's PA149W71-63
12/13Hofstra114L70-69
12/17Mercyhurst291W76-62
12/20Northeastern254W91-83
12/22Stonehill335W77-48
12/31Clemson32L64-61
1/6@Georgia Tech135W82-72
1/10@Pittsburgh101W83-72
1/13Florida St96W94-86
1/17@Boston College144L81-73
1/21Virginia Tech61L76-74
1/24Miami FL37L85-76
1/27@NC State23L88-68
1/31Notre Dame83W86-72
2/2@North Carolina29L87-77
2/7@Virginia1713%
2/11California5457%
2/14SMU3644%
2/16@Duke34%
2/21North Carolina2937%
2/28@Wake Forest7943%
3/3@Louisville1613%
3/7Pittsburgh10171%