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LAS VEGAS — Even at this moment, all Adrian Autry could do was laugh. The mention that his team probably had the most difficult draw in the Players Era Festival was brought up.
No. 3 Houston. Kansas. No. 15 Iowa State. Three programs within college basketball’s upper echelon, where Syracuse used to belong. And three Big 12 teams that beat the Orange back-to-back-to-back.
As Autry reflected on the gauntlet SU faced, he smiled.