There’s a deep chasm between Syracuse basketball and the best ACC teams

Updated: Feb. 16, 2026, 10:35 p.m.Syracuse Orange forward William Kyle III (42) gets stripped of the ball as the Syracuse Orange played the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC Monday, February 17, 2026. (N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com)N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com By Donna Ditota | dditota@syracuse.com Durham, N.C. – It was over by halftime. Duke by then had established a 16-point lead, which Syracuse theoretically could have eroded in the next 20 minutes at Cameron Indoor Stadium. But the way that half ended, the way the Blue Devils dug down on defense, stole the ball and gleefully celebrated dunks at the other end offered a mere hint of what...