2025-26 Basketball Schedule

[sutomcat]

Interesting.

Is it safe to assume all proceeds from this game will go to charity?

 

[Orangezoo]

Much better option for Exhibition game than our usual

 

[Bill Orange]

Interesting.

Is it safe to assume all proceeds from this game will go to charity?

One would hope so.

When was the last time we played an exhibition game on the road?

 

[Starman]

If we're not going to play our local schools like Colgate and such, it'd be pretty cool if that's what they used the exhibitions for.

 

[tptcuse]

Excellent. Plenty of time before then to work ourselves up about the possibility of losing an exhibition game.

 

[cusefan88]

Much better option for Exhibition game than our usual

Love this. Away game against usually a decent program.

 

[Dinkyspond]

well it's about time we stopped playing exhibitions against D2 schools and giving us a false sense of security. After one of the exhibitions last season, somebody said on this board that Jaquan Carlos looked like another Tyler Ennis, LMAO. I remember Kaleb Joseph and Jalen Carey looking like All-Americans vs. the D2 schools.

 

[Orangezoo]

Love this. Away game against usually a decent program.

A 9 win UB program to be fair but way better than a D2 program that’s for sure.

 

[hoopsupstate]

It’s ironic that parking costs go up and season tickets remain the same with fewer games being held at the JMA Dome. There’s at least five games on the road (LaSalle, St. Joes, NIL Tourney-3) and one less exhibition game. I guess that’s what happens when people stop showing up for games. I heard last year the women’s program was looking to move several games around the state because attendance is so low.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse men’s basketball will play exhibition game in Buffalo. ‘It’s a unique opportunity’

The Orange has also scheduled an exhibition at the JMA Wireless Dome.

www.syracuse.com

WIVB.com’s Jonah Bronstein, citing unnamed sources, first reported the matchup at the Buffalo Key Bank Center. Syracuse assistant coach Peter Corasaniti, who handles the Orange scheduling, confirmed the game in a phone conversation.

An NCAA rule change last January allows Division I teams to play up to two exhibition games against other Division I opponents. That prompted talks about a Syracuse and Buffalo possibility, Corasaniti said.

“It’s a unique opportunity,” he said.

The game will allow Syracuse basketball fans from Western New York easier access to see SU play in person. Syracuse traveled to Rochester in 2022 and 2023 to stage intrasquad scrimmages with its men’s and women’s teams. This game offers the same kind of exposure in Buffalo.

SU will play one more exhibition game in the JMA Wireless Dome, Corasaniti said. Pace will be the opponent. SU’s complete non-conference schedule should be available next week.

 

[pearl31]

yikes.

??

 

[MSOrange]

well it's about time we stopped playing exhibitions against D2 schools and giving us a false sense of security. After one of the exhibitions last season, somebody said on this board that Jaquan Carlos looked like another Tyler Ennis, LMAO. I remember Kaleb Joseph and Jalen Carey looking like All-Americans vs. the D2 schools.

Agree and I'm guilty of it also. I would think last year solidified the uselessness of playing D2 schools in exhibition games. Buffalo hasn't been good lately, but they will still be better competition.

 

[Dinkyspond]

A 9 win UB program to be fair but way better than a D2 program that’s for sure.

wow, didn’t realize they were so bad, they have must have hit the skids when Oates left

 

[MSOrange]

wow, didn’t realize they were so bad, they have must have hit the skids when Oates left

The guy who replaced Nate went 70-49 over 4 years, but the current guy has been a total disaster over his 2 seasons.

 

[tptcuse]

??

My mistake. I didn’t know college basketball assistant coaches made/assisted with schedules so it seemed strange. Just Googled it and it looks like it is common. (Deleting my post)

 

[Dinkyspond]

The guy who replaced Nate went 70-49 over 4 years, but the current guy has been a total disaster over his 2 seasons.

what happened to the 70-49 guy, another job?

 

[MSOrange]

what happened to the 70-49 guy, another job?

Buffalo fires men's basketball coach Whitesell

The Buffalo Bulls have fired men's basketball coach Jim Whitesell after his first losing season in four years on the job, the school announced Saturday.

www.espn.com

 

[DilemaCuse]

It’s ironic that parking costs go up and season tickets remain the same with fewer games being held at the JMA Dome. There’s at least five games on the road (LaSalle, St. Joes, NIL Tourney-3) and one less exhibition game. I guess that’s what happens when people stop showing up for games. I heard last year the women’s program was looking to move several games around the state because attendance is so low.

Are we trying to avoid the embarrassment of an empty dome for week night and maybe weekend non conference games in November and December?

A home bball game used to be gold for the balance sheet, now we're giving them away?

 

[sutomcat]

One would hope so.

When was the last time we played an exhibition game on the road?

I think it would be when we played a bunch of Canadian teams one summer about 10 years ago…..

 

[Eric15]

Our game against Buffalo in I believe 2018 was the most opposing fans I've ever seen in the Dome for a basketball game. It was literally a 50/50 crowd.

 

[syrBossHogg]

I think it would be when we played a bunch of Canadian teams one summer about 10 years ago…..

Great call

This will also be our first game in WNY since November 2006

 

[Dinkyspond]

Buffalo fires men's basketball coach Whitesell

The Buffalo Bulls have fired men's basketball coach Jim Whitesell after his first losing season in four years on the job, the school announced Saturday.

www.espn.com

can't understand that, isn't the MAC a one bid league, did they really expect to go to the NCAAs every year? They must regret that decision, they've been terrible in the 2 years since they canned him

 

[Eric15]

Great call

This will also be our first game in WNY since November 2006

We lost to Dayton there in the 2014 second round, but I assume you meant regular season game.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

We lost to Dayton there in the 2014 second round, but I assume you meant regular season game.

Yup, we also won a couple NCAA games with Wes Johnson's team.

Syracuse Beats Gonzaga; Advances to Sweet 16 - Syracuse University Athletics

BUFFALO, NY -- Junior forward Wes Johnson scored a career-best 31 points to lead top-seeded Syracuse to an 87-65 victory against No. 8 Gonzaga in the NCAA Se...

cuse.com

 

[nocohalo]

well it's about time we stopped playing exhibitions against D2 schools and giving us a false sense of security. After one of the exhibitions last season, somebody said on this board that Jaquan Carlos looked like another Tyler Ennis, LMAO. I remember Kaleb Joseph and Jalen Carey looking like All-Americans vs. the D2 schools.

Well 2 years ago they struggled against the d2 teams, last year when they dominated many though it meant they'd be better. Can't really blame folks for reacting like that.