Coming into play on Tuesday, it had been 5 years for the reason that Syracuse males’s basketball group had crushed an AP High 10 group.
That modified with a large 86-79 win over No. 7-ranked North Carolina on Tuesday night time.Â
It additionally resulted within the Syracuse scholar part storming the courtroom in celebration.
There was a time the place beating a High 10 group at dwelling would have been enterprise as regular for the Orange and the type of factor that might be anticipated. This system has declined a bit in recent times, nevertheless, and has only one NCAA Match look up to now 4 years. It has missed the event in every of the previous two seasons.
Tuesday’s win improves them to 16-9 on the season and is definitely their greatest win of the season.Â
As for North Carolina, it’s one other large slip in latest weeks because the Tar Heels have misplaced three of their previous 5 video games, with all three losses coming to unranked opponents. There was a giant win towards rival Duke combined in there, however nothing concerning the Tar Heels appears like a championship-caliber group proper now.Â
They climbed as excessive as No. 3 within the rankings this season however dropped to No. 7 this week. This loss may push them even decrease within the subsequent AP rankings if they don’t bounce again at dwelling towards Virginia Tech on Saturday.Â
