The SU hoops outfit is four games in to the 2017-18 campaign. It’s early. I get it. However, I can’t help but feel some cautious optimism about head coach Jim Boeheim’s crew.
In all fairness, wins over Cornell, Iona, Texas Southern and Oakland are nice, but daunting opponents lurk in the horizon.
There’s Maryland. Kansas, a top-five team as it currently stands. Connecticut. And Georgetown (yuck). A bit further down the pike, Atlantic Coast Conference competition looms.
So, despite my fanatical passion for the ‘Cuse, and a solid start to this stanza, let’s not anoint
Syracuse a Final Four contender.