Syracuse vs. Niagara: TNIAAM predictions & poll

Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports After the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team got off to a bit of a rocky start on the season last week vs. Bryant, they’ll give it another go on Thursday against the Niagara Purple Eagles. This is the season opener for Niagara after their game against DII Gannon was cancelled. So welcome back, Greg Paulus!

Before this game tips off at 7 p.m. ET (and on your local RSN), we’re making some predictions for what exactly happens in this game and why it’s hopefully better than what we saw in the Bryant game...

Christian

Syracuse 79, Niagara 70

Something tells me this game will be much closer than it should be, just like the Bryant game. I think the loss of Sidibe due to…