Last week, the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team headed down to Madison Square Garden as part of ‘Cuse in the City to participate in the 2K Classic. Coming on the heels of the women’s basketball win over No. 20 Texas A&M in White Plains, the men’s team laid an egg at the Garden, going 0-2 on consecutive nights against UConn and Oregon.
Now, it’s a long basketball season and things are far from finished, but I’m not going to be the one to say this isn’t worrisome, either. It definitely is. For a team with National Championship aspirations and five returning starters from a Sweet 16 run, this group looks like it’s still figuring some things out for a group that should probably have some things figured out.