The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team faltered on the road Wednesday night, dropping to the Clemson Tigers 86-72 in a decisive defeat. Syracuse (9-10, 3-5) was caught picking up pennies in front of a steamroller,

Barring an absolute miracle run, the story about the 2024-25 Notre Dame men’s basketball team appears to have been set. It’s a team with some talented players but one that cannot close the deal. The latest example was their 77-69 loss to Syracuse in a game they led by as much as 17.

A team’s offense is supposed to look like a motion picture. Constant action, bodies moving, a crisp flow. In the last 10 minutes of the first half of Syracuse’s game against Clemson here at the Littlejohn Coliseum,