Buddy Boeheim, Syracuse basketball (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly/Getty Images)
Syracuse basketball got absolutely crushed in its season opener last year, and frankly it felt weird for the Orange to commence the term with an ACC clash.
It’s totally reasonable, and makes complete sense, for Syracuse basketball and other Atlantic Coast Conference programs to play league affairs earlier than they used to, since in 2019-20 the ACC expanded to 20 conference games.
With two additional ACC affairs, and as a result two fewer non-conference tilts, the Orange and the other league members really had no choice a stanza ago but to suit up for conference meetings before the calendar year turned.