Syracuse basketball isn’t completely fixed, but it’s a good start

Syracuse basketball was desperate for a win and got it, but that doesn’t mean all of its problems are fixed, but it’s a good start. Here are the details.

Syracuse basketball got its second conference win of the season when they upset No. 18 Virginia on Saturday afternoon at the John Paul Jones Arena.

It was a thrilling 63-55 overtime victory and instantly became the best win on the season for the Orange.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.

A lot of things went wrong vs the Cavaliers and it nearly cost Syracuse the game.

The Orange lost the rebounding battle (47-to-44), Syracuse was abysmal offensively (32.8 percent from the field), and for 99 percent of the game, Buddy Boeheim couldn’t…