Orange Jumping from the 3 Letter to the Four

The Syracuse Orange pulled the upset of the #10 and Big East leaders the Georgetown Hoyas, 72-58 on Monday night. Cuse got off to a 12-0 run to start the second half. Demetris Nichols and Andy Rautins each hit from behind the arc that put Cuse ahead for good just three minutes and forty two seconds into the second half. This is the key win that Cuse needed to propel themselves into the four letter tourney instead of the three. The selection committee looks at two very important things when choosing bubble teams, 1. Wins at home and Cuse has 10 and 2. Victories over ranked opponents they have 2, over Marquette and now Georgetown. With the Hoyas being ranked 10 and they are first in the Big East, both those factors will bode well with the committee. Cuse has now won five in a row and they close the season at Villanova. With this loss Georgetown can almost be assured they will miss out on being a two and be ranked a three. They however will be the most dangerous three with Nevada, Pitt and most likely Washington State getting the others. If Georgetown can get to a solid nine ranking in all polls they will most likely get into the Wisconsin bracket or the struggling Florida Gators. Either way this loss may end up helping the Hoyas because ones and twos have too big of targets on their heads, and threes are able to sneak by, just watch out for George Mason. HAHAHA.