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Early returns show Syracuse basketball can repeat last year’s success
Part of the fun in watching the early season games is figuring out what kind of team the Syracuse Orange will be during the upcoming season, and what the ceiling is for its success. After two extremely inconsistent winning efforts against inferior teams, I’m surprisingly optimistic about this squad’s chances to reach the Final Four, and repeat or exceed last year’s achievement.
2013-14 Syracuse basketball: Schedule analysis
Syracuse’s non-conference schedule carries a little more heft than what it has in some recent years, highlighted by a visit from Indiana as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, a pair of games with former Big East conference mates St. John’s and Villanova, and a trip to Hawaii during Thanksgiving week for the Maui Invitational.