Syracuse vs. Notre Dame: TNIAAM predictions & poll

Rich Barnes-USA TODAY SportsThe Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team (9-4, 0-0) begins ACC play against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-4, 0-1) at Purcell Pavilion Saturday at noon ET. Syracuse hasn’t lived up to the lofty expectations they received back in the preseason, but they have a chance to hit reset on their underwhelming non-conference play by showing up on both ends of the floor in the ACC.

The TNIAAM team had their ups-and-downs in predicting Syracuse’s non-conference wins and losses, so let’s see if they can start conference play on a positive note.

Andrew Godnick

Syracuse 67, Notre Dame 64

I don’t see the Orange having another 80-point “explosion” in this one on the road, but I…