The 100th season in the history of the program faces-off as the No. 7 Syracuse Orange host the Siena Saints in the Carrier Dome. The game begins at 1:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN3.
SU is 4-0 all-time against Siena, 77-19 all-time in season-openers, and 21-1 all-time in Carrier Dome season-openers.
The Orange are coming off of a 13-3 season that earned them a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They lost to Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinals. Siena finished 5-9 last year.
Jim Simmons did a super in-depth preview of the game here.