The Syracuse Orange (1-0) men’s basketball is back in action tonight when the Central Connecticut Blue Devils (0-1) visit the JMA Dome. Tip-off is 7:00 and streaming on ACCNX.
Here are our predictions for this one:
Szuba: Syracuse 78, Central Connecticut 50
Let’s go with a more focused Syracuse team for two halves to close out an inferior team now that the emotions of the season-opener have passed. I like the Orange’s frontcourt here in this matchup, particularly on the offensive end. Central Connecticut managed just 56 points against a pedestrian Temple team so if a more disciplined Syracuse team doesn’t gamble on steals and closes out stops with defensive rebounds I like the Orange to get easy looks in transition and hold down a smaller team at home.