With the announcement of the Rutgers game on Monday, it appears that all we're waiting for is the St. John's contest.
On Monday, the Syracuse Orange men's basketball program announced that it will play Rutgers, a former Big East rival, on Feb. 6 at the Barclays Center.
With that announcement, it looks like the entirety of the schedule has been officially announced, with the exception of the reported game with St. John's at Madison Square Garden.
Here's the full schedule, as it stands right now, including the ACC schedule:
The non-league schedule (early)
Nov. 2 - vs. New Haven
Nov. 5 - vs. Central Connecticut State
Nov. 9 - at Indiana
Nov. 18 - vs. Cornell
Nov. 21 - vs. Lafayette
Nov. 25 - vs. Albany
Dec. 1 - at Oklahoma
Dec. 8 - vs. Colgate
Dec. 12 - vs. Mercyhurst
Dec. 16 - vs. Canisius
Dec. 19 - Providence (@TD Garden)
Dec. 22 - vs. Binghamton
***It should be noted that the St. John's has been reported unofficially as being on Nov. 15, but it has not been announced yet by the school. Obviously, there is a proper gap in the schedule for that game to take place then.
***Syracuse will have three exhibition games on its schedule, including an Oct. 13 showdown with UConn at Mohegan Sun.
Syracuse Orange forward Sadiq White Jr. (0) dunks against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the first half at McCamish Pavilion. Brett Davis-Imagn ImagesThe ACC schedule + Rutgers
Dec. 29 - at Florida State
Jan. 2 - vs. Georgia Tech
Jan. 5 - vs. Duke
Jan. 9 - at Miami
Jan. 12 at Pitt
Jan. 16 - vs. Louisville
Jan. 19 - vs. Boston College
Jan. 23 - vs. North Carolina
Jan. 27 - at Stanford
Jan. 30 - at Cal
Feb. 3 - vs. Virginia
Feb. 6 - Rutgers (@Barclays Center, non-league)
Feb. 10 - at Clemson
Feb. 17 - vs. Stanford
Feb. 20 - at SMU
Feb. 23 - vs. Pitt
Feb. 27 - at Notre Dame
March 3 - at Virginia Tech
March 6 - vs. Wake Forest
About the matchup with Rutgers
A) It's very interesting to see this matchup in the midst of the ACC schedule. How will head coach Gerry McNamara play that game?
--Does he treat it with less importance given that it's not a league game but is sandwiched between difficult games against Virginia and Clemson?
--Does he treat it with more importance because it's a chance to get a signature non-league win that helps in a quest to get back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2021? I guess it depends on how good or bad Rutgers is.
About the history of the matchup
This will be the 50th time that the two teams have played. Syracuse is 39-10 in those matchups. Rutgers won the last matchup in 2020, but Syracuse had won 13 straight before that.
