Well, that wasn’t ideal.
The Syracuse Orange returned to the hardwood on Friday to take on the Bryant Bulldogs in the season opener for both teams. However, a mixture of a lack of practice and old, bad habits caught up with the Orange as Syracuse looked flat to start the season. SU did just enough to win 85-84 over the Bulldogs in the Carrier Dome, although it was far from pretty.
Syracuse started slow, which was probably expected after only practicing on Thursday after the team shut down practices due to coronavirus protocols.