What was once a rivalry that defined what Big East basketball was all about is now a meeting between two east coast schools that strongly dislike each other. The Georgetown Hoyas (8-0) host the Syracuse Orange (8-1) in Washington D.C. on Saturday afternoon.
It’s the 93rd meeting between these two schools. Both teams played each other at least once a year from 1979-80 through 2012-13, coinciding with their mutual membership in the Big East. When Syracuse bolted for the ACC in 2013, the series was put on hold. The schools restarted the rivalry in 2015.