Fill out our Daily Orange reader survey to make our paper better


Men's Basketball

Syracuse men’s basketball game day: What to know about Clemson matchup

Daily Orange File Photo

The Tigers are fresh off a 48-point loss to Florida State, a team SU beat by 10, and are dragging through conference play.

Syracuse (15-9, 7-4 Atlantic Coast) visits Clemson (13-9, 3-7) on Tuesday at 8 p.m. After winning his unofficial 1,000th game, Orange head coach Jim Boeheim will go for official win No. 900, a result of the NCAA’s vacation of 101 of his wins. SU is riding a four-game winning streak and will look to continue it against the Tigers.

Here are answers to your pressing game day questions.

How can you watch the game? The game will air on the ACC Network. In the Syracuse area, it’ll air on the CW. Here are channel listings based on provider.

• Time Warner: 1212 (high-definition) and 6 for non-digital subscribers
• DirecTV: 14
• Verizon Fios: 506 (high-definition) and 6 (standard-definition)
• Dish Network: 14
• New Visions: 606 (high-definition) and 6 (standard-definition)

Here are channel listings throughout the rest of New York.



Albany (WNYA)
Binghamton (WBPN)
Burlington-Plattsburgh (WPTZ-D3)
Elmira (WJKP)
New York City (WLNY)
Utica (WPNY)
Watertown (WWTI-D2)

For listings outside of New York state, click here.

How good was John Gillon this past week? He lit it up with 43 points at N.C. State on Wednesday. The performance earned him ACC Player of the Week honors.

What did Boeheim and Clemson head coach Brad Brownell say before the game? The two spoke on the ACC coaches teleconference on Monday afternoon. Check out what they said.

What’s the importance of grad transfers this year? Two of SU’s most important players came via the grad transfer rule. But not everyone in college basketball likes it.

What do our beat writers predict will happen? All three had varied opinions on the upcoming matchup. Check out their predictions, here.

Anything else to know about Clemson? Here’s a preview of the Tigers.





Top Stories

Column

Opinion: Hurricane Helene foreshadows our climate's future

It’s clear that climate change impacts numerous communities in a variety of severe, unequal ways. To ensure its effects don’t continue to persist, we must listen to the experts. We can no longer ignore them, especially when the evidence is right in front of us. Read more »