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Syracuse basketball faces tough 2014-15 non-conference schedule
As one of four host schools, Syracuse plays the California Golden Bears in the 2K Sports Classic semifinals at Madison Square Garden on November 20. The Orange and Cal clashed last season in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational, a 92-81 Syracuse victory. Syracuse will play either the Texas Longhorns or the Iowa Hawkeyes the next night.
Orange Watch: Epic victory, upset loss elevates Syracuse to nation’s No. 1 team
It was another one of Jim Boeheim’s longtime coaching comrades that made news late Saturday night, a couple of hours after the SU boss had hugged his close friend Mike Krzyzewski following a masterpiece of a college basketball game in the Dome between the fourth (Duke) and fifth (SU) all time victorious programs and newly crowned certified ACC rivals, who get to go it again in Durham on Feb. 22.