Syracuse Basketball

The Syracuse basketball program of the Syracuse University out of Syracuse, New York calls their men's basketball team the Orangemen. The Syracuse Orangemen basketball team is just one of the men's teams that carry the Orangemen name, with the university's athletic program called the Syracuse Orange and a mascot named Otto the Orange.

The Syracuse basketball team is part of the Big East conference that is composed of colleges and universities in the eastern part of the United States. The Syracuse University basketball teams as well as the lacrosse teams and the university's football team all play their games in the Carrier Dome which can accommodate up to 33,000 for their basketball games and up to 50,000 for the football games. The Syracuse basketball court in the Carrier Dome is the home court of the men's and women's basketball teams of the university.

The Syracuse Orange basketball teams have been part of the college basketball leagues since the 1800s with the first ever recorded basketball game for the Syracuse University basketball history archives happening in 1899 against the Christian Association of Hamilton from Ontario. The Syracuse men's basketball team has been a fixture in the NCAA with the team making the Final Four in the tournament four times in the past. The latest trip of the Syracuse basketball team for men gave them their first ever NCAA Championship title in 2003. This was also the year when the new Syracuse basketball logo was unveiled, featuring the ever familiar S of the university's athletic program logo. This new logo for the Syracuse College basketball team, however, featured a slimmer and dark colored S with an orange basketball in the back as opposed to the original logo which was a capital S done all in orange.

Aside from their NCAA National Tournament win, the team is also the owner of a few other championship wins. These awards were garnered from their regular season and tournament games in the Big East Conference. They have five Big East Tournament Championships to their name and seven regular season wins as well.

Viewing the Syracuse University basketball schedule as well as the Syracuse basketball statistics of the team is easy enough when you check out the website of the athletic program of the university. You can also get yourself a Syracuse basketball pic of your favorite Syracuse basketball player on the site as well as Syracuse basketball tickets together with your perusal of the Syracuse basketball schedule for the month.