This game is so bittersweet for me. It was one of Syracuse's all-time great finishes. But every single time I think about it, I also lament that it was last time SU basketball was its true self.
After this Pitt game, the Orange squeaked by at home versus the Wolfpack, then finished 3-6, including the ACC & NCAA tourneys. Next, the past six seasons have been mediocre, bubble purgatory. The 2016 Final Four and 2018 Sweet 16 were glorious, short-lived aberrations in an extended downturn. What kind of double-sided voodoo surrounded the Ennis shot that the program would be jinxed for so long?