DETROIT -- The Orange men's basketball team is embracing the underdog role, as the 60-56 play-in game win over Arizona State puts the program in a spot usually reserved for spoilers, not name-brand programs.

Syracuse is 5-1 as a double-digit tournament seed over the past three seasons, which includes the 2016 run to the Final Four on the 10 line.

Detroit natives Derrick Coleman and Dave Bing, both among the handful of Syracuse legends to have their jerseys hanging in the rafters of the Carrier Dome, are said to be attending Friday night's game versus No. 6 seeded Texas Christian.

Waiting is 'Cuse killer Jamie Dixon, now at his alma mater TCU, which returns to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years.