The first full week of October has proven to be a busy one for the Syracuse Orange men's basketball program.

Wednesday marked the ACC Tip-Off event in Charlotte, N.C. and SyracuseRoundTable has our three takeaways from the event.

Friday is the Syracuse media day at the Carmelo Anthony Center. And we'll be there too.

Along with the media sessions, the regular season schedule including dates, opponents and tip-off times is nearing completion for the regular season. 

--New Haven-Monday, Nov. 2, TBA

-- Central Connecticut State, Thursday, Nov. 5, TBA

--vs. Indiana (Neutral), Monday, Nov. 9, TBA

--@ St. John’s, Sunday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. on Peacock

-- Cornell, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. on ACC Network

-- Lafayette, Saturday, Nov. 21, TBA

--Albany, Wednesday, Nov. 25 TBA

--@ Oklahoma (SEC/ACC Challenge), Tuesday, Dec. 1. 9 p.m. ET on ESPNU

 --Colgate, Tuesday, Dec. 8,  TBA

--vs. Mercyhurst , Saturday, Dec. 12,  5 p.m. on ACC Network

-- Canisius, Wednesday, Dec. 16, TBA

--Providence (Neutral), Saturday, Dec. 19, 12 p.m. on FOX

--vs. Binghamton, Tuesday, Dec. 22,  4 p.m. on ACC Network

--Rutgers (Neutral), Saturday, Feb 6, 11 a.m. ESPN

The action starts on Dec. 29 when Syracuse travels to take on the Florida State Seminoles.  That game will air on the ACC Network with a 6:00 p.m. ET tip-off. The rest of the conference looks like this:

-- Georgia Tech, Saturday, Jan. 2, 12 p.m. on The CW

--Duke, Tuesday, Jan. 5,  7 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2

--@ Miami, Saturday, Jan. 9, 3 p.m. on ACC Network

--@ Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m. on ESPN2 or ESPNU

--Louisville, Saturday, Jan. 16,  2 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2 or ESPNU

-- Boston College, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m. on ACC Network

-- North Carolina, Saturday, Jan. 23, 12 p.m. on  ESPN or ESPN2 or ESPNU

-- @ Stanford, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 11 p.m. on ESPN2 or ESPNU

--@ California, Saturday, Jan. 30  5:30 p.m. on ACC Network

--vs. Virginia, Wednesday, Feb. 3,  9 p.m. on ESPN2

-- @ Clemson, Wednesday, Feb. 10,  7 p.m. on ESPN2 or ESPNU

--Stanford, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 9 p.m. on ESPN2 or ESPNU

--@ SMU, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2:15 p.m. on The CW

--  Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m. on ACC Network

-- @ Notre Dame, Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. on The CW

-- @ Virginia Tech, Wednesday, Mar. 3, 9 p.m. on ESPN2 or ESPNU

-- Wake Forest, Saturday, Mar. 6, 5:30 p.m. on The CW

The Orange have three exhibition games to start the season. The first is against UConn on Tuesday. That's followed by a matchup against Siena on Oct. 18 and a final tune-up game against Niagara on Oct. 24,