College Basketball - Big East Conference
Syracuse Orange
| Location: Syracuse, NY University Founded: 1870 Enrollment: 19, 082  Nickname: Orange Mascot: Otto the Orange School Colors: Blue and orange Joined the Big East: 1979 Varsity Sports: 19 U. President: Nancy Cantor Director of Athletics: Dr. Daryl Gross Basketball Head Coach: Jim Boeheim Conference (Co-) Champions: BEC: 1980, '86, '87, '90, '91, '00, '03 BEC Tournament: 1981, '88, '92, '05, '06 Basketball Arena: Carrier Dome Current Capacity: 33,000 First Year of Basketball: 1899 |
Syracuse has been a very successful and steady team throughout the years, the school is a founding member of the Big East Conference.
The team won their first national championship in 1918 and then again in 1926 and the Orange appeared in the NIT Tournaments of 1946, 1950, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1981, 1982, 1997 and 2002.
Freshmen Carmelo Anthony, Gerry McNamara and Hakim Warrick were key players in guiding the team to their first victory in the NCAA Tournament Championship; Anthony was selected NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
Coach Jim Boeheim states that it is a considerably more knowledgeable group that will organize for the 2008-09 college basketball movement.
Syracuse 2009/2010 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 9-Nov | Albany | W 75-43 |
| 11-Nov | Robert Morris | W 100-60 |
| 19-Nov | vs. No. 12 California | W 95-73 |
| 20-Nov | at No. 4 North Carolina | W 87-71 |
| 24-Nov | Cornell | W 88-73 |
| 27-Nov | Columbia | W 85-60 |
| 30-Nov | Colgate | W 92-58 |
| 5-Dec | Maine | W 101-55 |
| 10-Dec | vs. No. 11 Florida | W 85-73 |
| 13-Dec | St. Francis (NY) | W 75-51 |
| 19-Dec | St. Bonaventure | W 85-72 |
| 22-Dec | Oakland | W 92-60 |
| 29-Dec | at Seton Hall | W 80-73 |
| 2-Jan | Pittsburgh | L 82-72 |
| 6-Jan | Memphis | W 74-57 |
| 10-Jan | South Florida | W 82-65 |
| 13-Jan | at Rutgers | W 81-65 |
| 16-Jan | at No. 9 West Virginia | W 72-71 |
| 18-Jan | at Notre Dame | W 84-71 |
| 23-Jan | Marquette | W 76-71 |
| 25-Jan | No. 11 Georgetown | W 73-56 |
| 30-Jan | at DePaul | W 59-57 |
| 2-Feb | Providence | W 85-68 |
| 7-Feb | at Cincinnati | W 71-54 |
| 10-Feb | Connecticut | 7:00 PM ET |
| 14-Feb | Louisville | 1:00 PM ET |
| 18-Feb | at No. 8 Georgetown | 7:00 PM ET |
| 23-Feb | at Providence | 7:00 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | No. 5 Villanova | 9:00 PM ET |
| 2-Mar | St. John's | 7:00 PM ET |
| 6-Mar | at Louisville | 2:00 PM ET |
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