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2013–14 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

2013–14 Syracuse Orange men's basketball
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Maui Invitational Champions
NCAA Third Round vs. Dayton, L 53–55
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 17
AP No. 14
2013–14 record 28–6 (14–4 ACC)
Head coach Jim Boeheim (38th year)
Assistant coach Mike Hopkins
Assistant coach Adrian Autry
Assistant coach Gerry McNamara
Home arena Carrier Dome
Seasons
← 2012–13
2014–15 →
2013–14 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Virginia 16 2   .889     30 7   .811
#14 Syracuse 14 4   .778     28 6   .824
#8 Duke 13 5   .722     26 9   .743
#19 North Carolina 13 5   .722     24 10   .706
Pittsburgh 11 7   .611     26 10   .722
Clemson 10 8   .556     23 13   .639
North Carolina State 9 9   .500     22 14   .611
Maryland 9 9   .500     17 15   .531
Florida State 9 9   .500     22 14   .611
Miami (FL) 7 11   .389     17 16   .515
Wake Forest 6 12   .333     17 16   .515
Georgia Tech 6 12   .333     16 17   .485
Notre Dame 6 12   .333     15 17   .469
Boston College 4 14   .222     8 24   .250
Virginia Tech 2 16   .111     9 22   .290
2014 ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013–14 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. This marked Syracuse's inaugural season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, having moved from the Big East Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 14–4 in ACC play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament to North Carolina State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Western Michigan in the second round before losing in the third round to Dayton. They started the season 25–0 before losing 6 of their final 9 games.

Syracuse lost two major contributors to graduation, combo guard Brandon Triche and small forward James Southerland. In addition, point guard Michael Carter-Williams left for the NBA.

Syracuse adds five incoming freshmen and swingman Michael Gbinije now is eligible after sitting out last year because of NCAA transfer rules.

Sources:

At ACC Media Days, members of the media voted C.J. Fair the preseason Player of the Year. The media ranked SU the number two team in the conference behind Duke.

In its preseason rankings, The Sporting News ranked Syracuse eighth overall and second in the ACC behind Duke. TSN named C.J. Fair a third-team All-American.


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