Syracuse’s trip to Brooklyn to face Rutgers now has a start time and a TV home.
The Orange and Scarlet Knights will tip off at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6 at Barclays Center, with ESPN carrying the game, according to a release from the Rutgers athletic department.
The early start likely lines up with the Brooklyn Nets’ schedule at the same building. The Nets are set to host the Washington Wizards later that day, with that game slated for 6 p.m.
Syracuse and Rutgers were both part of the Big East once upon a time, though they now live in different leagues - the Orange in the ACC and the Scarlet Knights in the Big Ten.
Their most recent meeting came on Dec. 9, 2020, when Rutgers beat Syracuse 79-69 behind Ron Harper, Jr.’s 26 points. That game was played in Piscataway, N.J.
The matchup lands in the middle of both teams’ conference schedules.
Before that February date arrives, Syracuse will get its season going on Monday, Nov. 2 against New Haven at the JMA Wireless Dome. The Orange’s first of three exhibition games comes next week, when it travels to Connecticut to face UConn.
Here is Syracuse’s complete 2026-27 schedule:
Tue., Oct. 13 - UConn (Mohegan Sun) exhibition
Sun., Oct. 18 - Siena (MVP Arena in Albany) exhibition
Sat., Oct. 24 - Niagara (Key Bank Center, Buffalo) exhibition
Mon., Nov. 2 - NEW HAVEN
Thurs., Nov. 5 - CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE
Mon., Nov. 9 - Indiana (Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis)
Sun., Nov. 15 - St.
John’s (6:30, Madison Square Garden; NBCSN)
Wed., Nov.
18 - CORNELL
Sat., Nov.
21 - LAFAYETTE
Wed., Nov.
25 - ALBANY
Tue., Dec. 1 - at Oklahoma (9 p.m., ESPNU)
Tue., Dec. 8 - COLGATE
Sat., Dec. 12 - MERCYHURST
Wed., Dec. 16 - CANISIUS
Sat., Dec. 19 - Providence (TD Garden in Boston)
Tue., Dec. 22 - BINGHAMTON
Tue., Dec. 29 - at Florida State
Sat., Jan.
2 - GEORGIA TECH
Tue., Jan.
5 - DUKE
Sat., Jan. 9 - at Miami
Tue., Jan. 12 - at Pittsburgh
Sat., Jan.
16 - LOUISVILLE
Tue., Jan.
19 - BOSTON COLLEGE
Sat., Jan.
23 - NORTH CAROLINA
Wed., Jan. 27 - at Stanford
Sat., Jan. 30 - at California
Wed., Feb.
3 - VIRGINIA
Sat., Feb.
6 - Rutgers (11 a.m., Barclays Center, ESPN)
Wed., Feb. 10 - at Clemson
Wed., Feb. 17 - STANFORD
Sat., Feb. 20 - at SMU
Tue., Feb.
23 - PITTSBURGH
Sat., Feb. 27 - at Notre Dame
Wed., March 3 - at Virginia Tech
Sat., March 6 - WAKE FOREST
Tue-Sat., March 9-13 - ACC Tournament (at Greensboro, N.C.)
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