Boeheim’s pessimism aside, the current record stands at 6-3 and not the more disastrous 5-4 which would have meant watching La. Tech complete its comeback from 10 points down with 4:00 to play.
Syracuse’s offense struggled to score last season. Despite finishing second in league play to Virginia, the Orange’s offense ranked tenth out of 15 teams at 68.2 PPG.
With the holidays looming, now is a pretty good time to share a wish list for what every scholarship player on the Syracuse should be hoping to unwrap.
Incredulously, we saw the many tweets from media and fans following Syracuse’s first loss of the season against California last Thursday that the Orange will be NIT-bound come tournament time.