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The Syracuse Orange women’s basketball team dropped in this week’s polls, but not enough to fall out completely -- at least in the USA Today Coaches Poll, anyway.
SU was 21st last week, but a double-digit defeat to top-10 Louisville knocked them down to 25th. Over in the AP Poll, they fell out completely, though were just a handful of votes outside the rankings. A win this week over Virginia already sets them up well to be right back in next week.
Looking up and down the polls, it’s going to be a challenge for the hot-and-cold Orange to stay afloat without more consistent shooting. Their win over Virginia on Monday night was hard-fought, but also featured a horrendous shooting performance.
Still to go for Syracuse this season, based on this week’s (Coaches Poll) rankings: no. 6 Notre Dame, no. 8 Florida State, no. 14 Miami, no. 15 Duke and no. 23 NC State. They also have no. 9 Louisville and no. 21 DePaul already in the rear-view (both losses).
Syracuse women’s basketball is back in action on Thursday night down at Clemson. They also play a third game of the week on Sunday vs. Boston College (at home).