The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team is just two days away from tip-off in the NCAA Tournament. And as discussed yesterday, we’re apparently gaining some steam as an upset pick.
With this in mind, Ken Pomeroy compared 10 national title contenders to their closest matches NCAA Tournament team matches since 2007, to see if that history would tell us anything about this year’s squads. Syracuse was also mentioned as a team outside that group — but one that most closely compared with the 2016 and 2013 Orange clubs that made the Final Four.