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Found December 10, 2011 on Orange Hoops:
TEAMS: Ohio State Buckeyes,  Michigan State Spartans,  Syracuse Orange

The last time the Orange played a game ranked #1 was March 6th,2010 against Louisville. They had moved to #1 that season with a victory overVillanova on Saturday February 27th, and the polls on Monday hadthem #1.A much different path for the Orangemen to reach the topranking that year. The team started out unranked, and had to go 27-2 with 6wins against top 10 teams before they got that recognition. Two years later, the team started the seasonranked #5, and are currently 10-0 after beating George Washingon rather easily tonight85-50. With #1 Kentucky losing tounranked Indiana, and #2 Ohio State losing to #13 Kansas, the two teams aheadof the Orange stumbled. Kentucky andOhio State were already splitting the #1 votes, so neither was a consensus#1. I do not think the Orange are the best team in the season,but, the beauty of college basketball is that you get the opportunity to proveit on the court with a post season tournament. Meanwhile, rankings during the season should be based...
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