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Orange in Final Four for first time since 2003.
Golden Eagles-Orange face off for spot in Final Four Saturday at 4:30pm (CBS)
Orange win sets up All-BIG EAST Regional Final against Marquette Saturday
On Wednesday afternoon, No. 5/6 Syracuse (5-2) won at Boston College 17-12.
McKenzie Fujan scored a career-high 24 points as Creighton held off a late Syracuse rally to beat the Orange 61-56
Brandon Triche scored 20 points, C.J. Fair added 13 and fourth-seeded Syracuse shut down No. 13 seed Montana with its zone defense in a 81-34 victory in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday night.
Cardinals defeat Orange, 78-61, to win third tournament championship in five seasons.
The fifth-seeded Orange (26-8) will make their 15th appearance in the tournament title game and go for their sixth crown Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
James Southerland had a second straight great effort from 3-point range and Michael Carter-Williams scored Syracuse's last seven points as the 19th-ranked Orange held off No. 17 Pittsburgh 62-59
Fifth-seeded Syracuse (24-8) will play fourth-seeded and 17th-ranked Pittsburgh in the quarterfinals on Thursday
The Huskies will face top-seeded Notre Dame on Tuesday night for the title.
Kayla Alexander matched her career high with 34 points and No. 24 Syracuse withstood a rally to beat Villanova 61-56 Sunday in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Women's Basketball Championship presented by American Eagle Outfitters
C.J. Fair broke out of a scoring slump with 15 points and top-seeded Syracuse held on for a 64-63 victory over fourth-seeded Wisconsin on Thursday night in the East Regional semifinals.
Syracuse junior teammate Becca Block was named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.
Syracuse junior Michelle Tumolo was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on March 12.
Louisville senior Austen Childs and Syracuse senior Simone Kalhorn were named BIG EAST Male Tennis Player of the Week and BIG EAST Female Tennis Player of the Week, respectively.
- SU’s Saco and Pitt’s Berliner named Player of the Week and Pitcher of the Week. -
Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, the winningest coach in BIG EAST Conference history and the second winningest active coach in Division I basketball, is this year’s recipient Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award, presented annually to the National Coach of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
Kentucky, Ohio State and Syracuse have all won NCAA Men's Basketball championships in their history, but never has a player from those schools claimed a Naismith Trophy as the men's college player of the year.
 13 Teams in Postseason Play Ties Mark for Most in BIG EAST History.
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