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The Syracuse Orange had a pretty darn good regular season. Best start in team history, number one in the country for awhile, finishing their first run through the ACC with wins over UNC and Duke and four losses put them at 27-4 with a .871 winning percentage, good for second in the conference behind Virginia. So here are the useless but still fun water cooler talk histories of Syracuse teams that finished with at least 27 wins or an .871 winning percentage. Yes, these results include conference tournament and NCAA tournament results (Thanks to OrangeHoops and Wikipedia for filling information and details).
2012-13: 30-10 (11-7) .750, Lost in NCAA, Conference Finals, Final Four
2011-12: 34-3 (17-1) .919, Big East Season Champions, Conference Semi-Finals, Elite 8
2009-10: 30-5 (15-3) .857, Big East Season Champions, Conference Quarter-Finals, Sweet Sixteen
2008-09: 28-10 (11-7) .737, Conference Finals, Sweet Sixteen
2002-03: 30-5 (13-3) .857, Big East Season Champions, Conference, Conference Semi-Finals, National Champions
1995-96: 29-9 (12-6) .763, Conference Semi-Final, National Championship Game
1986-87: 31-7 (12-4) .816, Big East Season Champions, Conference Finals, National Championship Game
1934-35: 15-2 .882
1933-34: 15-2 .882
1932-33: 14-2 .875
1929-30: 18-2 .900
1925-26: 19-1 .950 National Champions (Helms Foundation)
1924-25: 15-2 .883
1917-18: 16-1 .941 National Champions (Helms Foundation)
1914-15: 10-1 .909
1913-14: 12-0 1.000
It's been a pretty good season for the Orange when looking at the scope of modern Syracuse basketball. There have been very few seasons where the .871 winning percentage has been closed in on with 2011-12's crazy season setting the bar for regular season success.
Like I said, this really means nothing except to mentioned on some ESPN CG during the ACC Tournament and for you to have some riveting water cooler stats to throw out there.