Syracuse is essentially out of the running for the Big East regular season title. They trail leader Georgetown by two games with only three games left.
Syracuse fell to No. 12 in the latest round of rankings released Monday afternoon. It is the first time they have fallen out of the top 10 since the 2010-11 season.
After letting by five goals in the first quarter against Albany last week, the defense stepped it up and shutout the Black Knights in the first quarter.
Longtime practitioners of the 2-3 zone defense, the #8 Orange were befuddled when #11 Georgetown used that tactic to shut them down and leave the Carrier Dome with both a 57-46 victory and sole possession of first place in the Big East.