Syracuse hosted St. John's at the Carrier Dome last season. The Red Storm scored 17 of the game's last 19 points to rush past the Orange for a 69-57 victory. The loss snapped Syracuse's 55-game home win streak against non-conference opponents, which had been the second-longest such streak in Division I.
Syracuse returns to Madison Square Garden to take on former Big East rival St. John's on Sunday. Syracues and St. John's staged some memorable battles at the Garden, including the 2001 regular-season finale when SU and Allen Griffin beat St. John's and Omar Cook in double-overtime.