It's one only game, and Binghamton isn't Houston or Kansas or Tennessee or Duke or Louisville, but Syracuse basketball showed a lot of encouraging stuff in its emphatic season-opening win on Monday night at the JMA Wireless Dome before an announced crowd of nearly 20,000.
After a lethargic two-game exhibition docket and coming off a 14-19 mark last season, the Orange crushing the Bearcats by nearly 40 points was a great start to the program's 2025-26 season, as the 'Cuse eyes a return to the NCAA Tournament following a four-year absence.
For a Syracuse basketball squad that wasn't often proficient at putting opponents away in 2024-25, or in other recent terms, the Orange didn't take its collective foot off the gas, outscoring Binghamton by 18 points in the first half and 20 points in the second half to cruise over the Bearcats out of America East Conference, 85-47.