Jim Boeheim, Patrick Ewing want more Syracuse-Georgetown games, but it's 'difficult'

Syracuse, N.Y. -- The rivalry between Syracuse and Georgetown helped built the Big East.

The two arch-enemies staged some of the most memorable games in league, if not college basketball history.

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But five years ago, Syracuse left the Big East to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Since then, the two schools have attempted to keep up relations with one game a year, but after Syracuse's exhilarating 72-71 victory over Georgetown at the Carrier Dome, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said it might be difficult to continue the series when the ACC expands its regular-season schedule to 20 conference games next year.

"The (ACC) decided to go to 20 games,'' Boeheim said. "We've got so many games…