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Boeheim Madness

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How about a tournament featuring the top 16 Jim Boeheim Era teams? I’ve chosen then by the differential between games won and games lost with how far they got in the NCAAs and then their final ranking in the writer’s poll as tie breakers. Note: the last poll was after the Final Four from 1996 onward. I’ll just refer to the second year for a season: 2011-12 is ‘2012’. Here’s what it looks like:

2012 34-3: Lost in the Elite 8 Ranked #5
Vs.
2011 27-8: Lost in Round of 32 Ranked #18

2003 30-5: NCAA Champions Ranked #1
Vs.
1990 26-7: Lost in Sweet 16 Ranked #6

2010 30-5: Lost in Sweet 16 Ranked #8
Vs.
1991 26-6: Lost in Round of 64 Ranked #7

1987 31-7: NCAA Runner-up Ranked #10
Vs.
1986 26-6: Lost in round of 32 Ranked #9

1989 30-8: Lost in Elite 8 Ranked #7
Vs.
2000 26-6 Lost in Sweet 16 Ranked #12

1980 26-4: Lost in Sweet 16 Ranked #6 (We had been ranked #2 at one point.)
Vs.
2013 30-10: Lost in Final Four Ranked #3

1977 26-4: Lost in Sweet 16 Ranked #6 (That was our highest ranking of the season.)
Vs.
1996 29-9: National runner-up Ranked #3

1979 26-4: Lost in Sweet 16 Ranked #8
Vs.
2014 28-6: Lost in round of 32 Ranked #17

Two good sources of information on these teams:
Syracuse Orange Index | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Syracuse Orange Basketball Season Records

Give me your first-round predictions. I’ll wait a day or so and collate them to produce the second round match-ups. Evaluate the teams when fully healthy. Consider peak performance but also consistency. Try to find an interesting upset if you can.

My winners: 2012, 2003, 2010, 1986, 1989, 1980, 1996, 1979
 
2012
1990 (does Coleman get a T for throwing the ball at Warrick during a stoppage?)
2010
1986
1989
1980
1996
1979

It's fun to pick the underdogs sometimes, especially in an '86 vs. '87 intrasquad scrimmage.
 
title is misleading. i thought this was another King Lear thread.

“Jesters do oft prove prophets.”​

 
Unfortunately I don't know the pre 90s teams well enough. I have extreme bias towards the 2010 and 2012 teams because of that.
 
2012
2003
2010
1987
1989
1980 - I really hate this matchup because that 2013 is one of my favorites because the defense was soooooo good. They deserve an easier first round matchup.
1977
1979
Those 1977-1980 teams were very talented and would have been very good with a 3 point line.
 
Thanks. I'll set up Round two tomorrow.
 
2012
2003
2010
1986
1989
1980
1996
1979

I keep coming back to this, but the prospect of the 1986 team playing (and beating) the 1987 team just makes me giddy. 'Likes' for everyone who picks this upset. Pearl and Raf and Wendell Alexis saying "Final Four? Yeah, OK."

I wonder, though, if they'd use the three-point line. If so, even more advantage for the older team. Greg Monroe would play himself to a standstill, but Raf could really rain it in.
 

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