The Orange got good news on Sunday morning, as James Southerland won his academic appeal. He will be available today to play against St. John’s after a six-game absence over a dispute around a term paper he wrote last year.
SU will travel to New York City to play in Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013 and the Red Storm will visit the Carrier Dome at a later date.
Seven Catholic basketball schools—St. John’s, Georgetown, DePaul, Marquette, Seton Hall, Providence and Villanova—announced they were splitting from the Big East to form a basketball-centric conference.
There could end up being an in-state recruiting war between Syracuse and St. John’s for 2014 forward Chris McCullough, a potential one-and-done player.
It’s a good thing they packed the white home uniforms in the Syracuse lacrosse equipment truck that was parked outside of Villanova Stadium late Thursday night.