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Syracuse basketball will play NIT games with experimental rules

Tyler Lydon reacts to an official's call during a game against Miami on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017 at the Carrier Dome. (Stephen D. Cannerelli | scannerelli@syracuse.com)

Syracuse, N.Y. -- When Syracuse hosts UNC-Greensboro in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday night, the game is going to look a little different.

In February, the NCAA's Rules Oversight Panel decided to use a set of experimental rules in this year's NIT.

The most obvious change gets rid of the traditional division of a game into two halves. In the NIT, the game will essentially be divided into 10-minute quarters.