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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 5387067, member: 41"] [MEDIA=twitter]1904577232405725492[/MEDIA] 8. Syracuse (7 - 2) Preseason: No. 2 No team is as much under the microscope as Syracuse. They were the preseason No. 2 team, and for a few weeks — a businesslike loss to Maryland and a one-goal setback to Harvard— you would have thought the sky was falling. They’ve responded by beating a couple ranked opponents in Johns Hopkins and Colgate in a four-game stretch. Joey Spallina rose to the occasion with 11 points, and he and Owen Hiltz reached 200 career points on the same play. They own the No. 8 RPI. In terms of ranking, they will be the underdog in three of their five remaining regular season games (Notre Dame, Cornell and North Carolina). None of their five games are easy, and that’s including Virginia on Saturday. The expectation is to be at Championship Weekend. They’ve proven they have the talent, but they haven’t yet prove they will get there. —MK [/QUOTE]