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[QUOTE="moqui, post: 181836, member: 214"]
that is only the case if you can show that the teams SU has lost to in the Sweet 16 have been demonstrably less talented than the Orange.
 
first of all, it is 15 sweet 16s, not 17.  So, it is 4-11.
 
The NCAA first began seeding teams in 1979.  Since then, SU has been to 26 NCAA tournaments, and have ended 25 of them with a loss.  In those 25 years, they lost to a lower seeded team 13 times and to a higher seeded team 12 times.
 
The surprising fact of the matter is that SU has only been seeded to go beyond the Sweet 16 on 7 occasions - two  #1 seeds and five #2 seeds.   The one seeds both underperformed, but the 2010 team gets an exemption in my book due to Arinze being out. 
 
 
 
The two seeds only made it past the Sweet 16 on 2 of 5 chances.  So, it is probably fair to say that when SU is a 1 or 2 seed, it fails to live up to expectations; then you can begin to make your "system" argument.
 
But, most years, Syracuse performs either exactly to or slightly above seed.  The three times that they have reached the final four, they were seeded to go out earlier (they went as a 2 seed, as a 3 seed and as a 4 seed).
 
Personally, I don't buy the "system" argument.  JB's system is designed to work at any pace. And, it does.
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