Without Buddy Boeheim it looked like the Syracuse Orange would be lucky to only lose by 20 points to the Duke Blue Devils in the ACC Tournament quarterfinal round. Instead an inspired effort from the Orange pushed the top-seed to the limit before running out of steam.
Syracuse was led by Jimmy Boeheim who had 28 points and 7 rebounds. The older Boeheim brother hit 11-20 from the field including 6-9 from 3 as he kept the Orange in the hunt in the second half. Joe Girard finished with 23 points, 18 in the first half punctuated by a 3 at the buzzer.