Led by versatile 6-foot-6 point guard Michael Carter-Williams, sharpshooting forward James Southerland, and do-it-all swingman C.
Fair had 19 points to lead the Orange, James Southerland added 13 and Michael Carter-Williams 11.
Fair had 19 points to lead the Orange, James Southerland added 13 and point guard Michael Carter-Williams 11.
Instead, the Grizzlies trailed 30-11 after James Southerland's 3-pointer with less than six minutes to go in the half.
Next year's team will almost certainly be missing point guard Michael Carter-Williams, a sophomore with first-round NBA potential, and another pro prospect, senior James Southerland.
After Syracuse trailed much of the game, James Southerland hit a three-pointer to pull the Orange to within one point with 41 seconds to go.
Starters Brandon Triche and James Southerland combined to shoot 1 for 17 from the field, giving little support to leading scorer Michael Carter-Williams (17 points).
James Southerland hit two 3-pointers to keep the Orange close in the final 70 seconds, but Marquette made its free throws to hold the lead.
Syracuse (30-9) was led by senior forward James Southerland's 16 points.
James Southerland and Michael Carter-Williams kept Syracuse's run at one more title going as the 19th-ranked Orange beat No. 17 Pittsburgh 62-59 on Thursday at Madison Square Garden.
The second-seeded Cardinals won their third title in five years by taking charge with a 27-3 run after James Southerland's 3-pointer put Syracuse (26-9) up 45-29 with 15:48 to play.
"We didn't make some smart moves at the end, but we kind of had the lead, " said Syracuse's James Southerland, who scored all nine of his points from beyond the arc.
Thanks in large part to James Southerland, who scored 13 points in his first appearance in seven games, the Syracuse bench outscored the Red Storm reserves 21-11 and helped spell the difference.
When senior forward James Southerland, Syracuse's trigger man from the outside, missed six games due to an academic eligibility issue that was eventually resolved, the Orange went 4-2, losing at Villanova and Pitt.
Christmas followed Fair's 3-pointer with an alley-oop dunk off a nice feed from Carter-Williams and James Southerland's 3-pointer from the wing made it 30-11 with less than 6 minutes to go in the half.
Triche, James Southerland and backup center Baye Moussa Keita all had 13 points for Syracuse, trying to close out its Big East tenure with one more championship before bolting for the ACC next season.
Brandon Triche and James Southerland combined for 37 points in the final home game of their careers, and No. 17 Syracuse beat the Blue Demons 78-57 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game losing streak.
James Southerland had 14 points for Syracuse and he was 4 of 9 from 3-point range, the only bright spot in a game where the Orange were 4 of 23 from 3-point range (17.4 percent).
James Southerland scored 20 points and Michael Carter-Williams had 15 points and 12 assists to pace the Orange, who had a season high in points in league play while holding the Friars to a season low in points.
This season, senior forward James Southerland sat out six games because of an academic issue, and last week, the Orange took the floor a day after media reports said the university has been under investigation for possible NCAA violations, mostly in its basketball program, for at least a year.
The Orange, unbeaten at the time and ranked No. 1, were missing shot-blocking, 7-foot center Fab Melo in that game because of an academic issue, and on Monday night senior James Southerland, the team's most consistent outside threat and third-leading scorer, missed his sixth straight game because of an eligibility matter related to academics.
With senior forward James Southerland still benched because of an eligibility matter he's missed four games and freshman forward Dajuan Coleman on crutches after knee surgery this week that will keep him out at least one month, Syracuse (18-2, 6-1 Big East) is down to seven scholarship players as it gets ready to play at Pittsburgh (17-5, 5-4) Saturday.
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