Aspects of the first month or so of the 2021-22 Syracuse Orange men’s basketball season have trended toward nostalgia. While we missed the matchup with UConn in the Battle 4 Atlantis, Syracuse faced off with Indiana less than two weeks ago, and more notably, was up against former Big East foe Villanova this Wednesday at MSG. Now, we cap things off with another trip down memory lane: A visit to the despised Georgetown Hoyas on Saturday.
Before things tip off at noon ET from Capital One Arena The House That Rakeem Christmas Built, the TNIAAM staff previews the matchup with some key things to watch:
John: Battle on the boards (and its effect on Jesse Edwards)
Syracuse isn’t a great rebounding team, obviously, and they’re certainly not as good of a rebounding team as Georgetown (the Hoyas average nearly 43 per game while SU averages short of 37).