His 23-year coaching career at Florida State ended in the opening round of the ACC tournament, as No. 14 seed Syracuse defeated No. 11 FSU 66-62 on Tuesday night. With the Seminoles one and done, the Orange advanced to the second round and will face SMU on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.

The 2024-25 Syracuse Orange (14-19) men’s basketball season has come to an end with a 2nd round ACC Tournament loss to the SMU Mustangs. We’ll have plenty to talk about over the next few months, but let’s get to last night’s takeaways.