Syracuse may have been a good move for the ACC, but was the ACC a good move for Syracuse?
Consider: in three of Syracuse’s last five years in the Big East (due to NCAA violations, the official record in 2011-12 is 0-3 so we’ll discount that one), Syracuse won 28, 30, 20 and 30 games.
That’s an average of 27 wins per season.
In those seasons the Orange made the Sweet 16 twice, the Elite Eight and the Final Four. In the probation season? Elite Eight, not that it counts, but still.
In the ‘Cuse’s first ACC season, with brilliant point guard Tyler Ennis, Syracuse won 28 games.