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[QUOTE="HoustonCuse, post: 2543477, member: 87"]
Meanwhile, I haven't seen a single national article or radio take that hasn't included the words about Syracuse "who many think don't deserve to be here" or "who I still think shouldn't have gotten in", etc. My question is: does this happen to other teams? Did VCU get this when they went from First Four to Final Four? Would Arizona State be getting this if they did what we have done? I'm not sure I understand the universal hatred for Syracuse. I guess it is the "perversion" of the Cinderella story that happens every time we get a double digit seed (all two times). I heard an XM radio interview with Kevin Harlan this morning where he referred to Syracuse as a blue blood twice. Yet we are an 11 seed. I guess it rubs people the wrong way.

But the whole conversation about Syracuse is always in the negative sense. UNC was feel good story of redemption last year. That is for a monolithic overdog program in the midst of the biggest academic scandal in the history of college athletics getting their 6th National Title?? How is that a feel good story? Look at the stats shown about SU in the Michigan State game - they highlight our clown show offensive rankings, never mention that we our defensive rankings are elite and continually refer to our style of play as some kind of grand gimmick. No wonder teams like TCU think they should smash us. It is really a bizarre thing.

I will say that this year there is a small smattering of respect in the coverage along the lines of "they don't deserve to be here but give them credit for xx" as opposed to 2016 when it was unadulterated hatred for the entire tournament run.
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