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Can Syracuse make a bowl game in 2020? We ask Syracuse.com’s Stephen Bailey

September 4, 2020 Wes Cheng

We break down the 2020 Syracuse football season with Syracuse.com’s Stephen Bailey.

A melancholy goodbye to Syracuse basketball rival John Thompson

September 1, 2020 Jim Stechschulte

The longtime rival of Syracuse basketball passed away on Sunday.

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A Syracuse tribute to Georgetown coach John Thompson

August 31, 2020 Judy Salamone

John Thompson closed down the Manley Field House, sparking a fierce rivalry with Syracuse.

Georgetown is D.C.

February 24, 2011 Mark Porter

On Saturday, the District of Columbia welcomes the Orange faithful to continue one of the greatest rivalries in college basketball. From that fateful February night in 1980 where John Thompson Jr. declared Manley Field House closed, this rivalry has taken many dramatic twists and turns. However, when you examine the two schools, you see one staying constant and another in flux.