An outsider’s opinion at a glance in October and November was probably that the Syracuse Orange women’s basketball team was young, inexperienced and untested. Therefore, the projection they’d finish around seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference was perceived as feasible. Syracuse ultimately finished eighth in the conference with a 22-9 overall record and 10-6 within the ACC.
“Everyone thought this was going to be a really big, down year for us,” ‘Cuse head coach Quentin Hillsman said on Tuesday. “We lost 12 players in two years, and those 12 players were on a (National) Championship Game team.