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Orange looks like No. 1 team

If you were to look at some of the stats from last night’s game you would automatically assume a Syracuse loss. NC State shot 58-percent from the field, shot 50-percent from 3-point range, had twice as many assists as the Orange and held the rebounding edge. And yet, the Orange walked away with the win. This was the performance of a No. 1 team. It wasn’t that they played a perfect game. Far from it. But they battled through a hot start by the Wolfpack who prevented them from playing their typical game and still beat a solid team on the road by 16 points.

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Syracuse top ranking restores pride

It’s been three weeks since I wrote that Syracuse’s early season competition lacked any true tests, and we wouldn’t know where the team stood until Big East play in January. So allow me to pull a 180 and scream from the rooftops on Dec. 15, “CUSE IS NO. 1!”