Syracuse was up 19 at the half and seemed on its way to an easy win to open conference play. But Virginia Tech rallied and Syracuse hung on at the buzzer.
Most teams will play about 20 games between now and Selection Sunday. How about we let them play about 14 of those before we start classifying games on resumes?
Syracuse closed both the non-conference portion of their schedule and the 2014 calendar year with a choppy 61-44 victory over Cornell Wednesday night at the Carrier Dome.
The basketball program has had a stellar five and a half year run: a Final Four, an Elite Eight, two No. 1-seeds, multiple No. 1 rankings, and a record of 157-36.
While SU bounced back from a less-than-stellar performance in the first half, the 49ers showed the Hall of Fame coach that there is a lot of work to be done.