There were heart-stopping victories and memorable moments. The 2010s marked a decade of incredible success for the Syracuse University basketball program. Boeheim's demonstrations earned two technical fouls and an automatic ejection. The gesture didn't go unnoticed then and it's still remembered today. The Orange lost four of its last five regular-season games, including an ugly, 61-39 loss at Georgetown in the regular-season finale. Syracuse was ranked No. Syracuse had started the NCAA tournament in the First Four in Dayton, Ohio. The 2010 and 2012 teams rose to No. 1 seed Indiana Hoosiers in the 2013 NCAA tournament's Sweet 16 in Washington D.C. Syracuse's defense held the day in the 61-50 win as the Orange held the Hoosiers to a season-low scoring. 4 in the country, while Villanova was ranked No. 1-ranked team since 2006. They wouldn't be disappointed. The next year, Waiters, still a back-up to Triche and Jardine, was the second-leading scorer on a team that finished 34-3 overall and won the Big East with a 17-1 record. 1 in the country. Fair led the team in both scoring and rebounding. 1 seeds in the NCAA tourney. Carter-Williams had to wait behind Brandon Triche, Scoop Jardine and Dion Waiters as a freshman in 2011-12. Ennis, a freshman guard, dribbled up the right side of the court and lifted up for a 35-foot shot with time running out. The game was tight throughout with 15 ties and 18 lead changes. As a junior, he started every game on a team that won its first 25 games and as a senior he started every game and led the team in both scoring and rebounding. Pearl Washington is the only freshman in SU history to record more than the 188 assists that Ennis had in 2014. Duke (17-4) was ranked 17th. He made 50 percent of his shots, including 41.5 percent of his 3-point attempts. 3 seed playing a virtual home game in Detroit. In that role, Carter-Williams averaged 11.9 points and 7.2 assists per game. In fact, the only team that had ever beaten a No. But the Orange quickly developed into one of Jim Boeheim's best teams ever. Marquette had beaten Syracuse in the teams' only regular season meeting just three weeks earlier. Gillon's shot banked in off the backboard for a 78-75 victory that sent the Carrier Dome crowd into a court-storming frenzy. Fair took off down the lane. Syracuse's hopes for a national championship took a hit when Onuaku suffered a knee injury in the Big East tournament against Georgetown. 1 seed and a national title contender, but the NCAA suspended Melo again on the eve of the NCAA tournament. Indiana only made 33 percent of its field goal attempts and shot 20 percent from 3-point range. 1 ranking in the country. But the Orange pulled off the improbable, beating the Spartans 55-53 to advance to the Sweet 16. 1 NCAA tournament seeds. In 2012-13, he took over as the starting point guard. The 2011-12 Syracuse Orange was one of the most dominant teams in school history. Syracuse dominated the game for a 95-77 victory that ensured the Orange of at least a share of the Big East title. The Orange open the Stadium era with a big win. A NCAA-record crowd of 35,446 filled the Dome in expectation. Melo returned after three games and the Orange didn't lose again until the Big East tournament. Syracuse and Duke were tied at 75-all, but the 10th-ranked Blue Devils had the ball. Welcome to the beginning of the voting process in the 2020 S.O.B. Michael Carter-Williams played just two seasons at Syracuse and he was the fourth guard during his freshman year. Syracuse, ranked No. The matchup attracted a then-NCAA record crowd of 34,616 fans to the Dome. His assist average was the highest at Syracuse since Lazarus Sims (7.4) in 1996. Syracuse and Marquette, two Big East foes, met in the 2013 NCAA tournament's East Region finals with a trip to the Final Four on the line. Syracuse would lose 77-70. Arinze Onuaku, a fifth-year senior, manned the middle. Jim Boeheim's ejection from Syracuse's game at Duke on Feb. 22, 2014 is one of the most memorable moments in Syracuse basketball history and certainly the most memorable from the past decade. It eventually brought in a bid of $10,000 at Boeheim's annual Basket Ball gala. For Syracuse basketball updates follow @NunesMagician and @JamesSzuba on Twitter, Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician homepage, 2020 S.O.B. During the past 10 years, the Orange went to two Final Fours, one Elite 8 and two Sweet 16s and had three different teams rise to No. He finished his career with 1,564 points, putting him 18th on the school's all-time scoring list. He averaged 19.2 points per game as a sophomore and led SU to the NCAA's Sweet 16. It was SU's first win over a No. The Orange roared back, outscoring Virginia 25-to-4 in one stretch. Syracuse basketball: The best teams, players, games and moments of the 2010s Updated Sep 26, 2019; Posted Aug 07, 2019 By Mike Waters | mwaters@syracuse.com