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Syracuse Basketball: With new start date, schedule will have to shift

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It looks like the 2020-21 campaign will commence on Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving, for Syracuse basketball and its peers around the country.

A couple of weeks ago, we prognosticated that it would prove unlikely for Syracuse basketball and its associates around the country to kick off the 2020-21 term as originally scheduled on Nov. 10 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. For once, we got something right!

Multiple media reports, including from CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein and Matt Norlander, indicate that the Division 1 Council, after a meeting on Wednesday, decided to set a start date of Nov.