Tomorrow is a must win

[Cusefan0307]

For both our tourney hopes and Red. A loss and we are in serious trouble.

 

[wvlax]

Hopefully, we're playing a decent team.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Who would we play?

 

[Vorony]

We’re halfway through the stretch where a lot of us assumed would define whether or not a new coaching staff is here next year. 0-2 so far. Agree 100% with the OP here.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Who would we play?

Creighton, Rutgers, SDSU, or UNLV.

 

[IHeartSUFball]

Haha we playing a bubble team at best it’s just to barely stay afloat

 

[Scooch]

Dumb question, but is there no way to have a tourney-quality resume without a P5 OOC win?

 

[DaCuse]

The state of Syracuse athletics is in trouble regardless of what happens tomorrow.

 

[ScriptCuse]

Dumb question, but is there no way to have a tourney-quality resume without a P5 OOC win?

Yes. But we’d have to go like 13-5 // 14-4 in the ACC and that’s probably a tall task

 

[Cusefan0307]

Dumb question, but is there no way to have a tourney-quality resume without a P5 OOC win?

it’s possible, but we probably need to win 3 games total against Duke, Louisville, UNC, Clemson and maybe NC State. We play those teams a combined 6 times and only two of them are at home.

 

[Hawknate2]

it’s possible, but we probably need to win 3 games total against Duke, Louisville, UNC, Clemson and maybe NC State. We play those teams a combined 6 times and only two of them are at home.

I'm not convinced NC State is actually good

 

[Cusefan0307]

Creighton, Rutgers, SDSU, or UNLV.

lol, None of those games are going to help us

 

[phil77]

Depends on who we play it might be a team that if we beat it does nothing for us but a loss would kill us. We will probably not be playing a team that has a chance at the tournament so a win probably wont be a resume maker at this point but a loss could and will probably bury our tournament chances.

 

[NineOneSeven]

lol, None of those games are going to help us

I think Creighton beats us. SDSU is always annoying. I don’t know anything about UNLV and assume Rutgers is the worst team.

 

[Scooch]

it’s possible, but we probably need to win 3 games total against Duke, Louisville, UNC, Clemson and maybe NC State. We play those teams a combined 6 times and only two of them are at home.

Got it. I guess I'm skeptical of saying that game #7 is a "must win". But I agree that losing would be very bad.

 

[PoppyHart]

Won't we likely play Thursday?

 

[phil77]

Won't we likely play Thursday?

Nah we should play tomorrow I think there will be at least 5 0-2 teams and we will have the best margin so we will face to the worst 1-1 team tomorrow

 

[Dinkyspond]

The state of Syracuse athletics is in trouble regardless of what happens tomorrow.

Wildhack is going to have to hire a new basketball and football coach in a 9-month period beginning in March 2026. He's got his work cut out for him.

 

[sufan59]

Nah we should play tomorrow I think there will be at least 5 0-2 teams and we will have the best margin so we will face to the worst 1-1 team tomorrow

Is there additional criteria to make sure we don’t play an ACC opponent or Tennessee and Houston?

 

[richmondcuse03]

Is there additional criteria to make sure we don’t play an ACC opponent or Tennessee and Houston?

Yes, they said they'd try to avoid a team you're scheduled to face if at all possible. It's a last resort thing. But the other 0-2 teams make it moot.

 

[MadNY3]

lol, None of those games are going to help us

Sorta. Losing doesn’t look good versus winning being a good W.

 

[sufan59]

Yes, they said they'd try to avoid a team you're scheduled to face if at all possible. It's a last resort thing. But the other 0-2 teams make it moot.

Yeah so that could be a reason we end up playing on Thursday since those opponents wouldn’t have conflict.

 

[phil77]

Is there additional criteria to make sure we don’t play an ACC opponent or Tennessee and Houston?

No I think we can play an ACC team and Tennessee but I am pretty sure we can't play Houston again.

 

[phil77]

"Yes, teams from the same conference can play against each other in the third game (Championship Day or consolation games) of the Players Era Festival.

The NCAA Men's Basketball Oversight Committee granted a specific waiver for the 2024-25 season that permits more than one team from the same conference to participate in the same Multiple-Team Event (MTE) and potentially face each other. "

 

[orange7]

Wildhack is going to have to hire a new basketball and football coach in a 9-month period beginning in March 2026. He's got his work cut out for him.

I don’t want wildhack making that decision. I have 0 faith in him.