Poison Oak sidelines Tyler Lydon briefly before his return at Orange Madness

Tyler Lydon takes questions during Syracuse basketball media day on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, at the Melo Center.Syracuse, N.Y. — Tyler Lydon had to miss practice on Wednesday and Thursday, but the Syracuse sophomore wasn't injured.

A bad case of poison oak sidelined the Orange's 6-foot-9 forward.

Lydon said he went home to visit his family in Elizaville, N.Y., last weekend and helped his father, Tim, move a tree-stand on a friend's farm where the Lydons often go hunting.

"I was helping him move a tree-stand,'' Lydon said. "Usually, I'm pretty cautious because I get poison ivy real bad. He thought he had cut all of it down, but I must have touched something. Usually, I pay really close attention,…