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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
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
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'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.
Syracuse forward Wes Johnson, a newcomer who helped lead Syracuse to the BIG EAST regular-season title and an overall record of 28-3, has been named BIG EAST Player of the Year by a vote of the league’s head coaches who were not permitted to vote for their own players.
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