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Syracuse rescheduled three games on Friday after a three-week program pause due to a positive COVID-19 test in SU’s program postponed two.

No. 24 Syracuse (5-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast) will now host No. 2 Louisville (11-0, 4-0 ACC) Thursday at 9 p.m., instead of on Feb. 1. The Orange and Cardinals played three times last season, with Louisville winning two of the matchups. Next week’s game will be SU’s first against a ranked opponent this season. 

Syracuse’s game against Notre Dame, originally scheduled for Jan. 10 but postponed following the positive test in the program, has been rescheduled for Jan. 31 in the Dome. SU’s matchup against Georgia Tech — originally scheduled for Jan. 14 — is now scheduled for Feb. 2.

Syracuse’s postponed game against Virginia on Jan. 7 will not be made up after the Cavaliers canceled the remainder of their season on Thursday. In the ACC, both Duke and Virginia have now canceled its seasons due to COVID-19 concerns. With the Orange’s current schedule, they don’t have more than three consecutive days off for the remainder of the regular season.

SU’s last game before the pause was an 83-70 win over Boston College on Dec. 20. Syracuse restarts its schedule on Sunday in its second game of the season against Miami (6-4, 3-4 ACC). The first time SU faced the Hurricanes, head coach Quentin Hillsman’s team won 69-58 at the Watsco Center.

“Probably doesn’t matter whether we’re ready or not, because time keeps ticking, right?” Hillsman said on whether his team is ready to play Miami after the pause. “We got to play this game. But I think it’s good that we’re playing an opponent that we’ve already played so they are familiar with us, and vice versa. So hopefully that can help us a little bit in our game prep.”

Published on January 15, 2021 at 4:51 pm

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