The 2013–14 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The team played its home games at the

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. This marked Syracuse's inaugural season in the

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, having moved from the

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. 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.

Preseason

Roster changes

Syracuse lost two major contributors to graduation,

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Brandon Triche and

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James Southerland. In addition,

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left for the

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. Syracuse added five incoming freshmen including key contributor Tyler Ennis, and

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Michael Gbinije became eligible after sitting out the 2012-13 season because of NCAA transfer rules.

Recruits

Preseason outlook

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

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. In its preseason rankings, The

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ranked Syracuse eighth overall and second in the ACC behind Duke. TSN named C.J. Fair a third-team

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. Lindy’s Sports ranked Syracuse twelfth in its preseason ranking, third in the ACC behind Duke and

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. Lindy's named C.J. Fair its pre-season Player of the Year for the ACC. Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook ranked Syracuse eighth in its preseason ranking, second in the ACC behind Duke. Syracuse Indiana 120313

Roster

Depth chart

Schedule

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Rankings

2014–15 Recruiting

2015–16 Recruiting

2016–17 Recruiting

References

External links

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