With football season in the rearview and March Madness rapidly approaching, the nation begins to shift its attention away from the gridiron and onto the hardwood. The basketball schedule overlords are well aware of this, so trickles down to the Syracuse Orange who once again face a backloaded ACC schedule filled with conference juggernauts.
Syracuse sits at 17-7 overall and 8-3 in the ACC which is tied for fourth in the conference standings (with Louisville). Duke and North Carolina sit at the top with 9-1 conference records while Virginia is just behind at 8-2.