Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim recently quipped that a college-basketball squad’s ultimate barometer of success is predicated on how well it performs in the Big Dance.
Therefore, Boeheim’s 2015-16 bunch, which slogged through a so-so regular season, turned into one of his best-ever groups, based on its stunning run to the Final Four, despite amassing an overall mark of 23-14.
That’s according to JB.
Under his premise, SU’s 30-5 and 34-3 outfits in 2009-10 and 2011-12 are not as prominent as the 2015-16 crew, because those other two teams fell in the Sweet 16 and the Elite Eight, respectively.