The experienced Aztecs, in their sixth season under coach Brian Dutcher, will play the surprising East Region champion, ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic, on Saturday in Houston for a spot in the national title game.
Who’s going to win the national championship? The betting favorites earlier this week (in order): Alabama, Houston, UConn, UCLA, Creighton, and Texas, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
Boeheim took Syracuse to the NCAA tournament on 35 occasions and advanced to the Final Four on five of those trips -- winning the national title in 2003.