After a lengthy investigation, the NCAA ruled last season Syracuse basketball must vacate victories that included players who were later found to be ineligible. This week, Syracuse.com reached out to the NCAA to get specifics on the impact of those 101 vacated victories on the school's basketball program history.
The vacated victories include every win from the 2005-06 season (23), which includes the memorable Gerry McNamara run through the 2006 Big East tournament championship. Syracuse also lost every victory from the 2011-12 season (34), 15 victories from the 2004-05 season, 22 victories from the 2006-07 season and even victories from the 2010-11 season.
The tricky part here for Syracuse fans and basketball historians is that the school and the NCAA are not required to identify the ineligible players that caused the losses to be wiped from the record books. However, according to Syracuse.com, "ineligible players will have any records that he set removed from the school's record book."
The Syracuse media guide will be made available to reporters at the ACC media day on Oct. 26 in Charlotte.
