Syracuse was most impressive overall, and specifically down the stretch to garner two, one goal wins in three days over ACC counterparts North Carolina and Duke
The misery continued into the offseason. Both BJ Johnson and Ron Patterson announced plans to transfer. Coveted big man recruit Thomas Bryant selected Indiana over Syracuse.
While stuck between hoping the rest of the snow vacates itself from my yard ASAP and waiting for Scott Shafer to land Syracuse’s first 2016 verbal commit (it’s recruiting season, baby!), here are some random musings on the madness that is March.
Jack Near scored an unassisted goal with 2:54 left in the second overtime as Notre Dame handed Syracuse its first loss of the season in a 13-12 thriller on Saturday afternoon.
One day after the NCAA blasted the Orange basketball program with one of the strongest penalties in intercollegiate athletics history, the Wolfpack routed SU, 71-57, in the regular season finale between the two teams.
A huge run from the end of the first half into the early second half turned an eight point deficit into a 17 point North Carolina State lead. Syracuse would never recover from there.
The self-imposed, 2014-15 finale against the Wolfpack marks the earliest a Syracuse basketball season has ended since the 1969-70 team went 12-12 and finished on March 2 of that year.