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2025-26 Basketball Schedule

Sherman20 said:
Honestly, Red’s scheduling has been so-so his first couple of years. We should be playing an old Big East rival in NYC every year, preferably at MSG. We should be playing two of Gtown, UConn, Nova or St John’s every year. We should be playing regularly in DC and Philly, if not every year, every other year. (Glad to see they added a game in Philly. Too bad it’s not against Nova.) To me, it’s just more evidence of his lack of vision for Syracuse basketball, which should be both charting new territory but also honoring the past.
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I hear you...but theyre already playing kansas, houston and tennessee in the non-con...dont wanna risk having the season be over before it starts st johns and uconn are pretty tough at the moment

this season is make or break for red...if he struggles hes likley gone...so idgaf about the schedule as long as he wins...and im sure he probably agrees
 
Tell you one thing... I haven't been this excited for combination of basketball and football collectively in a decade. Huge upgrade in talent on the basketball side. And I think overall a significant upgrade on the football side even without McCord. Can't wait! Both the football and basketball schedules have tremendous opportunity
 
23Zone said:
Tell you one thing... I haven't been this excited for combination of basketball and football collectively in a decade. Huge upgrade in talent on the basketball side. And I think overall a significant upgrade on the football side even without McCord. Can't wait! Both the football and basketball schedules have tremendous opportunity
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It's been a huge improvement in both programs, and I point to one thing more than any other. Recruiting.

Recruiting on both programs is so much better. JB was able to mask the lesser talent for years, but all three of Red's recruiting efforts (counting the transfer class of Starling and Westry) were better than any of JBs last five recruiting classes, and I shudder to think about how JB would have handled the transfer portal and NIL.

Concerning football, Fran Brown. 'Nuff Said.
 
23Zone said:
Tell you one thing... I haven't been this excited for combination of basketball and football collectively in a decade. Huge upgrade in talent on the basketball side. And I think overall a significant upgrade on the football side even without McCord. Can't wait! Both the football and basketball schedules have tremendous opportunity
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I completely agree 23Z. A random thought I had and was talking to my buddies about was that this is the first year in like forever I was seriously considering buying jerseys.

For hoops you have young Anthony and who doesn't want another SU jersey with Anthony on it. Maybe even a George jersey as I think he may be the best PG in the ACC and we should have him 2 years and not to forget Freeman who is the NBA talent.

For football maybe more options next year but you have Samuel Jr a Frosh that has talent to play both ways.

Imagine if Calvin Russell is balling in football and basketball next year. Gonna need that jersey only question is if you get the football or bball one.
 
Cooper05 said:
Would of loved for the game to be at The Palestra against any Philly team
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Seeing a game there has been on my sports bucket list for a long time. I love old rickety arenas with tons of history and character. I don’t need to feel like I’m at a spa when I attend a sporting event.
 
Cooper05 said:
Would of loved for the game to be at The Palestra against any Philly team
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Eric15 said:
Seeing a game there has been on my sports bucket list for a long time. I love old rickety arenas with tons of history and character. I don’t need to feel like I’m at a spa when I attend a sporting event.
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My Uncle took me to a doubleheader there over 50 years ago. I remember that St Joes was one of the teams playing, because my Uncle pointed out the Hawk who flapped his wings for the whole game. I think Nova played Penn in the second game.

For a 9-10 year old kid, the place seemed HUGE. It was bigger than Manley and the War Memorial, at least.
 
OrangeXtreme said:
My Uncle took me to a doubleheader there over 50 years ago. I remember that St Joes was one of the teams playing, because my Uncle pointed out the Hawk who flapped his wings for the whole game. I think Nova played Penn in the second game.

For a 9-10 year old kid, the place seemed HUGE. It was bigger than Manley and the War Memorial, at least.
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The Hawk will never die!
 
23Zone said:
Tell you one thing... I haven't been this excited for combination of basketball and football collectively in a decade. Huge upgrade in talent on the basketball side. And I think overall a significant upgrade on the football side even without McCord. Can't wait! Both the football and basketball schedules have tremendous opportunity
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Wait and see mode with basketball.

Still not convinced our talent is good enough, even if it's a significant upgrade from what we had last year. Add that to the coaching questions I have, and I'm not sure it gets us to where we all want to be which is safely in the NCAA Tournament.

Is it possible? Sure. I am hopeful Donnie takes a leap, Kyle is able to use his athleticism and be a 20-25 minute starter at center, I am hopeful Nait George cuts down on turnovers and acclimates to SU, I am hopeful JJ also plays within himself and becomes a more consistent shooter, I am hopeful one or two of the freshmen are plug and play ready, I am hopeful the kid from Oregon State can be the knock down shooter we want and that his game translates to a level up from the WCC.

Those are a lot of questions. Same number of questions I had last year, to be honest. Probably some more potential answers than last year, but still a lot of questions.
 
SUFan44 said:
Wait and see mode with basketball.

Still not convinced our talent is good enough, even if it's a significant upgrade from what we had last year. Add that to the coaching questions I have, and I'm not sure it gets us to where we all want to be which is safely in the NCAA Tournament.

Is it possible? Sure. I am hopeful Donnie takes a leap, Kyle is able to use his athleticism and be a 20-25 minute starter at center, I am hopeful Nait George cuts down on turnovers and acclimates to SU, I am hopeful JJ also plays within himself and becomes a more consistent shooter, I am hopeful one or two of the freshmen are plug and play ready, I am hopeful the kid from Oregon State can be the knock down shooter we want and that his game translates to a level up from the WCC.

Those are a lot of questions. Same number of questions I had last year, to be honest. Probably some more potential answers than last year, but still a lot of questions.
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I think you highlight the things that could go wrong pretty well here. Nice job.

I would point out it looks like you are grasping at straws with your critique of Kingz. :)

Oregon State, one year removed from the Pac10, played in a very good WCC, which was rated 7th by SRS and SOS, only two slots behind the ACC. By the NET rankings, though the WCC was closer in ranking to the ACC than we were to the Big 12. Really it was the P3 last season with a bunch of mid majors.

Also, Oregon State was right on the bubble, with a victory or two in the WCC conference tournament they would have been in... Kingz is stepping up a tiny bit in conference quality, and way down in quality of team, if such things matter at all in college basketball these days.
 
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Niastri said:
I think you highlight the things that could go wrong pretty well here. Nice job.

I would point out it looks like you are grasping at straws with your critique of Kingz. :)

Oregon State, one year removed from the Pac10, played in a very good WCC, which was rated 7th by SRS and SOS, only two slots behind the ACC. By the NET rankings, though the WCC was closer in ranking to the ACC than we were to the Big 12. Really it was the P3 last season with a bunch of mid majors.

Also, Oregon State was right on the bubble, with a victory or two in the WCC conference tournament they would have been in... Kingz is stepping up a tiny bit in conference quality, and way down in quality of team, if such things matter at all in college basketball these days.
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The ACC is a level up from the WCC.

ACC KenPom rating was +9.16, 5th place in all conferences
WCC KenPom rating was +4.24, 7th place in all conferences

That is a difference of 4.92. If you take that gap below the WCC, you get between the 11th & 12th conferences in the country.

There may be two rankings between them (5th vs. 7th), but the actual ratings are largely different.
 
SUFan44 said:
The ACC is a level up from the WCC.

ACC KenPom rating was +9.16, 5th place in all conferences
WCC KenPom rating was +4.24, 7th place in all conferences

That is a difference of 4.92. If you take that gap below the WCC, you get between the 11th & 12th conferences in the country.

There may be two rankings between them (5th vs. 7th), but the actual ratings are largely different.
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True... But it's not like William Kyle going from South Dakota State to UCLA... Last year, Kingz played well in essentially a peer conference.

The exact ratings do show a bigger difference, much like me and a bunch of world class sprinters...

I would not only be last, but they're already in the showers by the time I finish.
 

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