The Syracuse basketball team returned to the Carrier Dome to kick off the 2019 season. Unlike years past the Orange didn’t face off with the Detroit Mercy or Cornells of the college basketball world, instead, they opened vs the defending National Champion Virginia Cavaliers.
With a team, that many thought was built on offense faced off against a juggernaut of a defense. Syracuse a team built on pick-and-rolls in the past all but abandoned the strategy in the opener.
In the past, the offense seemed to struggle because of double-teams off the ball screens. A change of philosophy and an added wrinkle to the offense.