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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 4196718, member: 4819"]
Before the season, I think the path to the playoffs that made the most sense was losing all six ACC games as well as the Maryland game, but winning all other out of conference games to finish at 7-7. Not sure that would have been enough to make the playoffs, especially with an ugly 0fer in conference, but it seemed like the best shot.

Now that the season has started I feel like some conference games look a little bit more winnable, given that UNC still hasn't quite figured out its midfield and its defense is really struggling, and Notre Dame is struggling at face-offs.  I would still rank Syracuse as underdogs in those games but they seem more winnable than before the season started.  That said Cornell looks like a game that SU will be the underdog in, which I didn't think would be the case before the season started.

If SU losses to Hopkins this weekend, that leaves them at 2-4. I'd say they would be underdogs in six of their last eight.  Give them wins against Albany and Stony Brook (certainly no sure things, especially since both games are on the road), and they'd still need to split their remaining six games against a really tough gauntlet.  At 4-4, they'd need to find three wins against Notre Dame (x2), UVA, UNC, Duke and Cornell.  Finish .500 with three wins against those teams and I think that's a really good tournament resume, but those would be three really tough wins.  With a Hopkins win, and presumed (fingers crossed) wins over SB and Albany, you would still need two, which also doesn't make things much easier.
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