Syracuse, NY – After his team strengthened its case for an NCAA Tournament with a 64-54 victory over Clemson on Wednesday, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim took the opportunity to discuss the case of Syracuse during his press conference after the game. to set his team.
The victory over Clemson, plus the Orange’s victory over North Carolina on Monday, left the Orange’s NCAA hopes, which were lagging behind Duke and Georgia Tech, last week.
Syracuse’s record now stands at 15-8 overall and 9-7 in the ACC.
“It’s hard to be 9-7 in this league,” Boeheim said. “Very difficult.”
Syracuse must now wait until the start of next week’s ACC tournament to get its next opportunity to improve its NCAA profile. Syracuse is the only ACC team to say goodbye to the last weekend of the regular season.
Most NCAA audio experts have Syracuse on the verge of an NCAA bid, but still outside they look inside.
“I think we did a lot,” Boeheim said. “I really do. I think it’s going to be very difficult to pick the tournament this year. I think our league is not getting enough respect. That’s part of it. I think we have very good teams. We do not have the “Excellent team this year. We have very good teams. Very good teams. We will see in the end how it all plays out.”
Boeheim’s arguments on behalf of the Orange included no bad losses and an excellent record against teams in the NCAA Quadrants 2 and 3.
The weakness in Syracuse’s CV is the lack of a quadrant 1 win. Orange is 0-6 against teams that fall in the NCAA’s quadrant 1.
“All I know for sure is that after today I’m 11-2 in Quad 2 and 3 games, which is pretty good,” Boeheim said. ‘We did not win Quadrant 1 matches, but we won all the matches in 2 and 3..
Boeheim tried to argue that he did not pay attention to the bracketologists, but his own words betrayed him because he criticized the mockery, admitting that he had seen it.
“I’m not looking at it because I see a team that is heading 0-8 this year and is in the tournament or on the standings,” Boeheim said. “I do not care about things anymore. I see teams with records still in there losing. I mean all that stuff is speculation. ‘
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