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Syracuse to play North Carolina, Virginia on ESPN’s Big Monday

Sam Maller | Staff Photographer

Tyler Roberson splits two Virginia defenders the last time Syracuse and Virginia squared off. The Cavaliers won that meeting 75-56.

Syracuse will square off with Atlantic Coast Conference foes North Carolina and Virginia on ESPN’s Big Monday this season, SU Athletics announced in a tweet on Monday afternoon.

The UNC game will be at North Carolina on Jan. 26, and the Orange and Cavaliers will match up in the Carrier Dome on March 2. Both games will be played at 7 p.m.

The Orange played two Big Monday games last season, on Feb. 3 against Notre Dame and Feb. 24 at Maryland. Both of those games started at 7.

Here’s how Syracuse’s schedule looks to date, with conference games in bold

Exhibition: Carleton (Canada), Nov. 2, TBD
Exhibition: Adrian, Nov. 10, TBD
California (2K Classic at Madison Square Garden), Nov. 20, 9 p.m.
TBD (2K Classic), Nov. 21, TBD
Loyola (Md.), Nov. 25, TBD
Holy Cross, Nov. 28, TBD
At Michigan (Atlantic Coast Conference-Big Ten Challenge), Dec. 2, TBD
St. John’s, Dec. 6, TBD
Louisiana Tech, Dec. 14, TBD
At Villanova (Wells Fargo Center), Dec. 20, TBD
Long Beach State, Dec. 28, TBD *
At North Carolina, Jan. 26, 7 p.m. on ESPN
Virginia, March 2, 7 p.m. on ESPN







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