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Syracuse men’s basketball finalized its schedule for the 2024-25 season after the program announced its full slate of Atlantic Coast Conference games Tuesday.

Syracuse opens up the season on Nov. 4 as it takes on Le Moyne for the first time since it joined Division I last year. After that, the Orange welcome Colgate on Nov. 12 and Youngstown State on Nov. 15.

From Nov. 21-22, Syracuse travels to Brooklyn for the Legends Classic at the Barclays Center. SU will take on Texas, then the winner or loser of Texas Tech versus Saint Joseph’s.

Following Syracuse’s time in Brooklyn, the Orange will return home for another in-state battle against Cornell. Syracuse has defeated the Big Red 43 straight times and will look to make it 44 on Nov. 27.

Syracuse’s biggest challenge of nonconference play comes on Dec. 3, when it travels to face Tennessee. This is Syracuse’s only true road test of nonconference play and it comes against a team that’s coming off an Elite 8 appearance in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

Four days later, Syracuse begins ACC play by traveling on the road to South Bend, Indiana, to take on Notre Dame.

A week later, UAlbany will square off against Syracuse. Then, an old rival Georgetown comes to town for the 100th meeting between the two schools on Dec. 14.

Syracuse closes out its nonconference schedule with two more matchups. It returns to Brooklyn to face Maryland on Dec. 21 in the Gotham Classic. It closes out this portion of the schedule with a game against Bucknell on Dec. 28.

On New Year’s Eve, SU takes on Wake Forest before matchups against Florida State and Georgia Tech. On Jan. 11, 14 and 18, the Orange face off against Boston College, Louisville and Notre Dame. The Orange travel south to Clemson on Jan. 22 before facing off against Pitt later that week at home.

Syracuse takes its first west-coast trip on Jan. 29 when it faces Stanford before its first ACC matchup with California a few days later. On Feb. 5, Syracuse welcomes Duke to the JMA Wireless Dome. Games against Boston College, Miami and North Carolina follow. The Orange continue their final stretch of ACC games at Pitt on Feb. 18 before a meeting with NC State and a road trip to SMU. SU finishes out regular season play at home against Virginia on March 8.

Published on September 24, 2024 at 8:32 pm

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