After three so-so years, ending the Orange’s eight-year title drought would cement his legacy as No. 22 before the tradition gets passed onto the next star.
Battle, who was just 1-6 from the field prior to that shot, will have a play go down in SU history along with Tyler Ennis’ buzzer beater against Pitt and Pearl Washington’s halfcourt heave against BC.
With the trend of talented rosters now seemingly everywhere, it’s going to continue to make it challenging for ‘Cuse lax to not only make it back to the Final Four.
John Gillon’s 43 points were a career-high and stands as the most points scored by a Syracuse player since Gerry McNamara lit up BYU for 43 points in the 2004 NCAA Tournament.