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[QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 2590452, member: 41"]
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[B][I]How did [URL='http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/sports/college-sports/syracuse-orange-ORSPT000000288-topic.html']Syracuse[/URL] get the No. 8 seed and a home game in the first round over Cornell, which defeated the Orange, 13-8, on April 10?[/I][/B]
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That is a great question because I think a lot of folks are going to point to Cornell’s head-to-head victory earlier in the season over Syracuse, and I also think that both Syracuse and Cornell had very close RPIs with maybe Cornell being a spot or two ahead of them. But as we drilled down further, Syracuse was 3-1 against common opponents while Cornell was 2-2. Syracuse was undefeated in the [Atlantic Coast Conference] regular season, which made an impact when you look at the quality and that being the No. 1 RPI conference in the country. They had quality wins over [URL='http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/sports/college-sports/notre-dame-fighting-irish-ORSPT00000148-topic.html']Notre Dame[/URL], Duke and Virginia. And I also think that because it was so close, we ended up looking at bad losses, and in that regard, Cornell had two losses that were bad losses considered by the committee, and that was Colgate and Princeton whereas Syracuse’s worst loss of the season was to Navy with an RPI of 17. So we took that all into consideration, and we gave the slight edge to Syracuse, and that’s why they were awarded the [No.] 8 seed and are hosting Cornell in the [Carrier] Dome in that first round.[/I]
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