Syracuse (7-1) is fresh off a 72-63 win over Connecticut on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic. Now the Orange heads back to the Carrier Dome for a matchup with Colgate (3-5). Syracuse owns the all-time series against the Raiders 124-45, and hasn’t lost to Colgate since 1962.
Our beat writers pick apart the matchup and offer their predictions for the showdown.
Sam Fortier (8-0)
My Shiny Teeth and Me
Syracuse 79, Colgate 60
A 3-5 Red Raiders squad that doesn’t shoot particularly well from the outside or boast anyone taller than 6-foot-9 on its roster is tough to pick.