Three takeaways from North Carolina’s 92-79 win at Syracuse

Celebrities thrusted the Syracuse Orange into the national spotlight three times this year in ways the Orange themselves couldn’t.

A once-heralded senior day/John Wallace jersey retirement got diminished by both North Carolina’s record and Syracuse’s NIT-bound season, so three stars were recruited for this one. Tom Brady and fellow Patriots legend Julian Edelman arrived in Central New York to watch Pats fans Jim and Buddy Boeheim. Jimmy Fallon came along and won over the Carrier Dome crowd.

The Orange have now lost three times this season in overwhelming fashion in front of the Brady bundle, Odell Beckham Jr.