No Orange Madness this year

[OrangeXtreme]

Why Syracuse won’t hold its annual Orange Madness? ‘We needed to change some things’

Orange Madness has been Syracuse's annual tip-off to the season for over 15 years.

www.syracuse.com

 

[tbonezone]

given the "new reality " i'm guessing that the players want to get paid to show up and have fun .

 

[ar inj]

Good choice. It had become a non-event.

 

[two3zone]

Good choice. It had become a non-event.

When it became everything except basketball it was dumb.

 

[sufan59]

Is the team doing any scrimmages against D1 teams?

 

[MSOrange]

Is the team doing any scrimmages against D1 teams?

Negative. You have the option of 2 public non-D1 scrimmages, 2 private D1 scrimmages or 1 of each. We took option A. I'd prefer to do at least one scrimmage against a D1 team personally.

 

[two3zone]

Negative. You have the option of 2 public non-D1 scrimmages, 2 private D1 scrimmages or 1 of each. We took option A. I'd prefer to do at least one scrimmage against a D1 team personally.

Thanks for the info, didn't know that. Knowing that, I totally agree with you.

 

[satsuma]

Negative. You have the option of 2 public non-D1 scrimmages, 2 private D1 scrimmages or 1 of each. We took option A. I'd prefer to do at least one scrimmage against a D1 team personally.

That used to be true, but times have changed. There are three options now:

1. Public exhibition against a team NOT in Division I
2. Closed scrimmage against another Division I team
3. Public exhibition for charity against another Division I team

Pick two of the above (mix and match). Examples:

• Creighton visits Iowa State for a closed scrimmage on October 19, and hosts Purdue in a charity exhibition on October 26.
• Duke plays a standard exhibition on October 19 against Julius Hodge and Division II Lincoln (PA), and a charity exhibition on October 27 against Bobby Hurley and Arizona State.
• Boise State has two closed scrimmages, against BYU and Washington.
• Memphis shows two charity exhibitions on its schedule, against UNC and Alabama.

Jon Rothstein is keeping track of the charity games: