Postseason Journey Begins Thursday for #9 Orange

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Book Two, Chapter One

– The 2025 Postseason begins Tuesday for the Orange as sixth-seeded Syracuse rematches with third-seeded No. 6 Wake Forest to spherical out the primary day of ACC Tournament motion.

– Syracuse appears to be like to avenge a 2-1 loss to the Demon Deacons through the common season at J.S. Coyne with a impartial website battle in central Kentucky. 

– Despite final season’s ACC Tournament hosted at Wake Forest, Syracuse meets the Demon Deacons within the league’s bracket for the primary time since 2016. The Orange are searching their first win over Wake Forest within the ACC postseason.

– Coming off a 3-2 setback at Louisville on Saturday afternoon, the Orange look to bounce again with the 6 p.m. first push. Leah Secondo and Suzanne Bush have the decision for all seven video games of the ACC Tournament on the ACC Network.

– Syracuse is 1-0 at impartial websites this season, topping #16 Rutgers 2-0 within the second week of the season in Columbus, Ohio on the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

– Wake, which captured a share of the ACC Regular Season Championship with a resurgent 7-1 league document this season, fell 5-3 Friday towards Virginia because the Demon Deacons, Cavaliers and North Carolina all went 7-1 in ACC play, all beating one another. 

– At the time of writing, the Orange stay within the prime 10 in the newest NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll, the eighth-straight week Syracuse has been inside the highest 10, essentially the most top-10 weeks because the 2016 season, when the crew was ranked within the prime 10 all 10 weeks.

With a Win Tuesday Syracuse Would…

– Win an ACC Tournament sport for a second-straight season, the primary time the Orange would win back-to-back ACC postseason video games since 2021 and 2022.

– Bring the Orange to 2-2 on the ACC Tournament below head coach Lynn Farquhar.

– See the Orange beat the Demon Deacons within the ACC Tournament for the primary time since becoming a member of the league in 2013.

– Avoid back-to-back losses once more. Syracuse has dropped back-to-back video games simply as soon as this season.

– Improve Syracuse to 2-0 in impartial website video games.

– Collect a second top-10 RPI win this season

 

Updating The NCAA CV

– Postseason play is right here for the Orange!

– Syracuse secured the six seed getting into this week’s ACC Tournament with a 3-5 document in league play this fall.

– Looking forward to the NCAA Tournament, with the Selection Show slated for 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 9 on NCAA.com, Syracuse is in high quality form for the massive dance.

– The Orange sit tenth within the NCAA Rankings Percentage Index (RPI) with an RPI worth of 0.60670, with Yale in ninth place at 0.61077.

– Syracuse’s nonconference RPI is eighth, bolstered by a clear 8-0 document in non-league video games.

– The Orange are 1-2 towards groups at present within the prime 5 of the RPI and 1-1 towards RPI opponents 6-10.

– As a league the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has the very best RPI in Division I because the groups are a mixed 96-51 on the 12 months. The ACC schedules powerful, and isn’t afraid to take the present on the street, because the league is ranked first in Opponent Success, Opponent Strength of Schedule, Road RPI and at present second behind the Ivy League in Road Success.

– Additionally, the ACC had the very best document towards nonconference opponents through the 2025 common season, combining to go 60-15 exterior the league. The Ivy League was second at 54-15.