The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team tips off the Maui Invitational in game one of the event against the No. 7 Tennessee Volunteers, a program Syracuse hasn’t squared off against in 21 years. The Orange have only faced head coach Rick Barnes once in his career, a clash with Texas in the 2003 Final Four. Syracuse and Tennessee are 3-3 all-time in the series.
We reached out to Will Warren of Stats by Will, a particularly informative newsletter on Vols hoops. Here’s that Q&A below:
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician: We know how good this team was defensively last year.