Syracuse was ranked No. 73 on Wednesday on recruiting service Scout.com, just behind future ACC partners Duke and GeorgiaTech but ahead only of Boston College.
Look at all this year's clutter in the brackets, run-of-the-mill conference losers: Arizona, Arkansas, Boston College, Duke, GeorgiaTech, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan State, Purdue, Stanford, Texas Tech, Villanova, Virginia Tech.