The 2013 NCAA Tournament first round continues with the final game of the day with Motana taking on Syracuse at 9:57 p.m. ET.
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The Orange (26-9) head into Thursday's second-round game in San Jose against No. 13 seed Montana (25-6) with plenty of postseason experience.
Fab Melo was ruled ineligible last year just before the start of the tournament, forcing coach Jim Boeheim's top-seeded squad to scramble to replace the star center. Christmas, Southerland and Keita all saw their roles grow in Melo's absence and made key contributions in Syracuse's tournament run that ended with a regional final loss to Ohio State.
While Syracuse did not lose a player before the start of this tournament, there was a bit of a cloud after media reports came out Wednesday that the school has been under investigation for at least a year for possible NCAA violations.
"Last year was completely different," coach Jim Boeheim said. "We didn't have Fab Melo, that's a little different. That was not a distraction, it was an absence. And they handled it as well as they could."
Southerland got his most extensive playing time of the season in the first two games, scoring 15 points each against North Carolina-Asheville and Kansas State.
