NCAA Tournament March Madness

#77 Syracuse

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Projection: likely out

Syracuse’s resume pairs overwhelming wins over lesser nonconference foes and solid league home victories such as Tennessee and Florida State with useful road triumphs at Pittsburgh and Georgia Tech, but those positives are undercut by damaging neutral-site losses to Houston, Kansas and Iowa State and ugly road defeats at NC State and Virginia that committees treat as resume killers. Tight setbacks to Clemson, Hofstra and Virginia Tech further hurt because they were missed chances to claim a signature victory. The rest of the schedule, with games at Notre Dame, home dates against California and Pittsburgh and road trips to Duke and North Carolina, offers concrete opportunities to change the narrative, yet until Syracuse turns one of those into a quality road or neutral win the mix of limited top-level wins and a string of harmful losses explains why it is projected outside the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Binghamton362W85-47
11/8Delaware St359W83-43
11/15(N)Drexel212W80-50
11/18Monmouth NJ198W78-73
11/24(N)Houston6L78-74
11/25(N)Kansas14L71-60
11/26(N)Iowa St5L95-64
12/2Tennessee21W62-60
12/11St Joseph's PA157W71-63
12/13Hofstra115L70-69
12/17Mercyhurst300W76-62
12/20Northeastern252W91-83
12/22Stonehill341W77-48
12/31Clemson29L64-61
1/6@Georgia Tech129W82-72
1/10@Pittsburgh100W83-72
1/13Florida St101W94-86
1/17@Boston College145L81-73
1/21Virginia Tech55L76-74
1/24Miami FL38L85-76
1/27@NC State24L88-68
1/31Notre Dame7963%
2/2@North Carolina2818%
2/7@Virginia1611%
2/11California6657%
2/14SMU3740%
2/16@Duke33%
2/21North Carolina2836%
2/28@Wake Forest7438%
3/3@Louisville1913%
3/7Pittsburgh10069%