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Syracuse Basketball: Virginia Game Preview

By Josh Peelman

Feb 1, 2017; Raleigh, NC, USA; Syracuse Orange guard John Gillon (4) drives to the basket as North Carolina State Wolfpack guard Dennis Smith Jr. (4) defends during the second half at PNC Arena. Syracuse won 100-93 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 1, 2017; Raleigh, NC, USA; Syracuse Orange guard John Gillon (4) drives to the basket as North Carolina State Wolfpack guard Dennis Smith Jr. (4) defends during the second half at PNC Arena. Syracuse won 100-93 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 1, 2017; Raleigh, NC, USA; Syracuse Orange guard John Gillon (4) drives to the basket as North Carolina State Wolfpack guard Dennis Smith Jr. (4) defends during the second half at PNC Arena. Syracuse won 100-93 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 1, 2017; Raleigh, NC, USA; Syracuse Orange guard John Gillon (4) drives to the basket as North Carolina State Wolfpack guard Dennis Smith Jr. (4) defends during the second half at PNC Arena. Syracuse won 100-93 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports /

Syracuse Basketball is riding a three game win streak and things are not as bleak as they once were. Sure, the Orange are not out of the woods yet, but they have certainly been playing much improved the last few games.

During this win streak, Syracuse basketball has beat a decent Wake Forest club, toppled a top-ten foe

Syracuse Basketball head coach Jim Boeheim during his 900 win celebration. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports
Syracuse Basketball head coach Jim Boeheim during his 900 win celebration in 2012. The NCAA though currently says he has 898 wins. Weird right? Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports /

in #6 Florida State, and got their first road win of the season at NC State. Up next is a match up with #9 Virginia Cavaliers who are 17-4 this year.

Now, technically Syracuse University is not supposed to address this, as Neil Adler does here at Inside the Loud House, but there’s more on the line in this game than most people know about. Jim Boeheim is going for win number 1,000 tomorrow. The NCAA vacated 108 wins due to sanctions, so he really he sits at 898 wins, but as Troy Nunes writer Ben Sigel says, “The NCAA be damned.”

For those faithful Syracuse fans who are still counting how many games Jim Boeheim has coached that the opposing team has lost (which the NCAA does not vacate), then he has done so 999 times. Jay Bilas thanks for reminding us:

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