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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3730595, member: 289"]
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.)
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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: 
[URL="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/syracuse/"]Syracuse Orange Index | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com[/URL] 
[URL="http://www.orangehoops.org/Bball.htm"]Syracuse Orange Basketball Season Records[/URL]

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
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