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Syracuse could easily be a tournament team given their recent competitiveness, yet here they sit firmly off the bubble.

Setting aside a three-game slide, Joe Girard is averaging 20.1 points per game by shooting 44.3 percent from the field.

Tuesday night, Syracuse managed to pull out one of their ugliest wins in recent history, eking out a 70-69 win at Louisville.

The Syracuse win avoided an embarrassing loss to a Louisville team that had come in 2-12 and mired in a historically bad season.

It’s been a revolving door of wings that have stepped up at various points throughout the season for the Orange.

Syracuse started the season 13th in the ACC Power Rankings, but has climbed to eighth as the teams head into conference play.

Syracuse won its first six games, but then lost five of its next six, finishing the season eighth in the ACC Power Rankings.

Only four teams that are on the Syracuse basketball slate open the season among the teams of the preseason AP Top 25 poll.

This may be a down year for Syracuse, but the future is exceptionally bright with six recruits coming in this year.

Syracuse football has defied expectations, and has risen significantly from the preseason No. 12 team in the ACC.