Every Syracuse Orange basketball game since just about late December has felt like it’s do-or-die. An old sports cliché that comes in multiple forms is more than applicable for this team. A must-win every time. All or nothing! And given what’s happened so far this season they all really could probably go double for SU. One false move and there will be no Big Dance, only that less-attended and less-watched dance, which programs like Syracuse tend to forget about before it’s even started.
That theme, though, in its varied forms — IT’S NOW OR NEVER! — is kind of alternative fact rather than reality right now for SU.