2016 NCAA Tournament: Which Midwest Regional Team Would Syracuse Rather Play?

Mark Konezny-USA TODAY SportsThe Syracuse Orange are one of just four teams remaining in the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Regional. While two of those teams, the 1-seed Virginia Cavaliers and 4-seed Iowa State Cyclones, are expected, their counterparts on the opposite side of the bracket are quite the opposite. Syracuse and its Sweet 16 opponent, the Gonzaga Bulldogs, are the field's lone remaining double-digit seeds. It's funny how things work out.

And it could be funnier still if Syracuse manages to beat the Zags. In no part of the NCAAs have the Orange or any team ever had their choice of opponent. But what if they did?

If SU had its choice of Gonzaga, Virginia and Iowa State, which route…