Are you Listening Boeheim?

Contrary to what ESPN says, the Orange are not out.

This is how weak the bubble is - Syracuse still has a legit shot at making the tournament, because they have 2 marquee wins (G'town and Marquette) and only 1 bad loss (USF), defined by me as a loss to a team above 100 in the Colton Index

Of the teams on the bubble, only Oregon and Florida have only 1 bad loss (the rest have between 2 and 5). If you insist on calling the Arizona teams bubble teams, UA has 0, while ASU has 1.

Only Kentucky, St. Mary's, and Ohio St. have at least two marquee wins (Arizona and Arizona St. both have 3, if you insist again on calling them bubble teams).

Syracuse also has a better SOS: 33, better than any bubble teams not from the Pac-10 or Ohio St. (Texas Tech also has a better SOS, but I don't know if anyone else consider them a bubble team).

So tell me: If teams out there don't have more good wins, or fewer bad losses, or better schedules, then what do they have?

You may point to the previous snubs of the Orange(men) as evidence for them not getting in. The difference is this - the last committee didn't include a Big East Rep.

If you want to play along with ESPN and say that Syracuse has no chance, be my guest. Heck, even Boeheim has bought into the media attention. But I am of the opinion that they still have a good case for being in.