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[QUOTE="OrangeZeus, post: 2132542, member: 4174"]
All it would do is help Hopkins and Washington build up their program again. Boeheim may do it solely for that reason, but I doubt it. Besides the distance issue, it doesn't really do us much good to play a non-conference game in Washington. I think we should treat the non-conference as a northeast showcase for recruiting if we aren't taking the Michigan St. approach and playing a loaded non-conference schedule.

We can still play Colgate, Cornell, and EMU as our "traditional games." Throw in G'Town, UCONN, and St. John's as "rivalry games" with MSG being the preferred venue against SJU and UCONN. We also have the Big Ten / ACC challenge and a non-conference tournament. That's like 9 non-conference games right there, leaving four more games left to schedule.

I think Syracuse should try to schedule some games against the Philadelphia Big 5. We haven't played any of them since we played Temple in MSG back in 2012 if I remember correctly. We probably haven't played in the Philly territory since the days of the old Big East when we played @Nova.

After that, I think we should try to get one game in the New England area. We could play teams like Vermont, Rhode Island, or Providence in the non-conference and still make a trip to Boston when we play BC since we play them twice.

The last two games can be scheduled as home games. The key I think is to continue to play in MSG as well as starting to play in Philadelphia, D.C., and New England more regularly in the non-conference. Not only will it can it help our resume by playing some road games early on, but it can also be great for recruiting.
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