GameThread: Syracuse Orange (7-4, 1-3) vs. Miami Hurricanes (6-6, 2-5)

The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team (7-4, 1-3) needs to break out of their conference play funk and are hoping that a trip to South Beach is the cure. However, the Miami Hurricanes (6-6, 2-5) never go down easy and are looking to avoid the basement of the ACC standings defending their home court. With the women winning the front end of the double header, it’s time to see what the men can do.

Looking to catch up on all the news before tonight’s tip? We have you covered:

• Everything you need to know about tonight’s Canes-Orange matchup can be found here.
• The way the Orange have been rebounding, Miami will be a tough matchup.
• Speaking of less than perfect Oranges, the defense is a mess. We all know it, Jim Boeheim knows it, but can it be fixed?
• Let’s take a bird’s eye view and check out the ACC Power Rankings.
• What are the 5 big things to watch for?
• As usual, John and Dan preview this one on the latest Podcast.
• What do the disloyal idiots think will happen?

A reminder, we now have a Discord where you can chat with other Orange fans during the game — along with or instead of this gamethread format. For those interested, the link to join is here: https://discord.gg/MbYb8dKyuT

For those unaware of what Discord is, it’s a text/voice chat application where you can join a server to chat with others users for the server. Here’s a good beginner’s guide for those who haven’t used it before. You can either download the app to mobile or desktop, or there is a browser based function as well.

Leave your pre-, in- and post-game comments below and G’ORANGE!