Syracuse, N.Y, — Syracuse\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team will travel to Buffalo on October 25 to play an exhibition game against the University of Buffalo. <\/p>\n
WIVB.com\u2019s Jonah Bronstein<\/a>, citing unnamed sources, first reported the matchup at the Buffalo Key Bank Center. Syracuse assistant coach Peter Corasaniti<\/a>, who handles the Orange scheduling, confirmed the game in a phone conversation.<\/p>\n An NCAA rule change last January<\/a> allows Division I teams to play up to two exhibition games against other Division I opponents. That prompted talks about a Syracuse and Buffalo possibility, Corasaniti said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a unique opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The game will allow Syracuse basketball fans from Western New York easier access to see SU play in person. Syracuse traveled to Rochester in 2022 and 2023 to stage intrasquad scrimmages with its men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams. This game offers the same kind of exposure in Buffalo.<\/p>\n SU will play one more exhibition game in the JMA Wireless Dome, Corasaniti said. Pace will be the opponent. SU\u2019s complete non-conference schedule should be available next week.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of teams right now are playing one Division I and then maybe a closed scrimmage or are still doing that Division II game,\u201d Corasaniti said. \u201cSo we\u2019re still going to do a Division II game at home.\u201d<\/p>\n Corasaniti, too, said the SU staff was aware that NCAA Tournament games will be held in the Buffalo Key Bank Center in 2026. <\/p>\n Syracuse\u2019s goal, he said, is to make the NCAA Tournament. Getting an early look at that arena might prove valuable.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the future, I\u2019d love to bring one of those (DI exhibition) games to the Dome or do something else on the road,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s an opportunity to do that now and easy for us to get to Buffalo and hit a new fan base.\u201d<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Syracuse, N.Y, — Syracuse\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team will travel to Buffalo on October 25 to play an exhibition…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,29033,85],"class_list":["post-30872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-slam-dunk-three-point-contest-featuring-the-stars-of-syracuse","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}