This year, the Hoyas carry the weight of a new conference on their shoulders.
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Instead, they ran all over the Hoyas and rubbed it in with outrageous dunks and alley-oops.
The Hoyas own seven tournament championships, tied with Connecticut for the most among member schools.
The Hoyas dropped to 15-2 as the top seed in the Big East tournament.
Mbodj made two free throws and the Hoyas went into halftime with a 29-24 advantage.
So, too, was Thompson's teenage son, John III, now head coach of the Hoyas.
He shouted with glee back home listening to Hoyas radio play-by-play man Rich Chvotkin call the action.
Dominique Vitalis had 15 points and Katie McCormick 14 for the Hoyas (13-11, 4-7), losers of three straight.
Two free throws by Porter capped the surge and gave the Hoyas a 53-39 lead with 3:30 to go.
But the Hoyas had control most of the way this time and secured their 13th victory in 14 games.
Porter, a 6-foot-8 sophomore, led the Hoyas to a share of the regular season title with Louisville and Marquette.
Led by Keita and Trevor Cooney, Syracuse's bench outscored the Hoyas' reserves 23-5.
They shot 32 percent against the Hoyas, missing 10 of 11 3-point attempts.
The Orange took charge with a 13-0 run in the first half, holding the Hoyas scoreless for nearly eight minutes.
Hoyas coach John Thompson III, a big man who knows how to wear a suit, looked particularly well turned out.
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The Hoyas went scoreless for 7:45 until Trawick made a 3 with 43 seconds left to cut their deficit to seven.
Every Hoyas starter played at least 31 minutes in their last game, an overtime loss to Syracuse in the Big East tournament.
The Eagles (25-10) put on a classic performance against Georgetown, putting on an offensive display unlike any seen against the Hoyas this season.
This would be Thompson's first and only trip to Manley, and the big guy, in his eighth season with the Hoyas, was unfazed.
Hoyas point guard Markel Starks scored 13 before fouling out with 3:36 to go in overtime and Mikael Hopkins led the team with 15.
This will be the 14th time the schools have met in the Big East tournament and the Hoyas hold the series lead at 7-6.
The No. 17 Orange lost 61-39 to the No. 5 Hoyas on Saturday, closing another door on a rivalry that helped define an era.
If these are indeed the last days for the Hoyas in the super-sized Big East, they're certainly poised to go out with a bang.
It will be the 72nd crowd of greater than 30, 000 for a Syracuse men's game, and the Hoyas have been the opponent 17 times.
Providence, which finished fourth in the Big East, used a different strategy against the much taller Hoyas, going inside and using Donovan as a decoy.
Georgetown made three of four free throws, and when Smith-Rivera followed Porter's 3 with one of his own, the Hoyas suddenly had a 24-8 cushion.
Porter scored 18 points and the fifth-ranked Hoyas advanced to the Big East tournament semifinals by pulling away from Cincinnati for a 62-43 victory Thursday.
Before the game started, the Hoyas made two technical free throws after officials assessed Syracuse a penalty for not submitting its starting lineup on time.
The victory moved Louisville into a tie with Marquette (21-7, 12-4), which beat Notre Dame, one-half game behind the Hoyas (22-4, 12-3), who played later Saturday.
Markel Starks hit four 3-pointers and had 12 points for the Hoyas, while Jabril Trawick had 12 points and Otto Porter added 11 and seven rebounds.
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