After going 0-2 in the NIT Season Tip-Off, the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team returned home to take on Iowa in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Orange only trailed by one at the half, but fell apart in the second to lose by a final score of 68-54.
The Orange are now 4-4 on the season, which is the worst start in Jim Boeheim’s 44-year coaching tenure. See that, and other takeaways below.
Worst start in the Boeheim era
Syracuse has never had a 4-4 record in the Jim Boeheim era. The 2019-20 team is off to the worst start for a Syracuse basketball team in over 50 years.