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Syracuse mens basketball to host North Florida in December

Syracuse mens basketball to host North Florida in December

Syracuse lost four nonconference games last season. Josh Shub-Seltzer | Staff Photographer

Syracuse will host North Florida in a nonconference game on Dec. 21 in the Carrier Dome, SU Athletics announced in a release Wednesday.

The matchup is the Orange’s sixth nonconference game announced ahead of the 2019-20 season. The Ospreys posted a 16-17 record last season, winning seven of their last eight. SU last played North Florida in 2016, a 77-71 win in the Dome, in the team’s first-ever meeting.

Syracuse opens its season on Nov. 6 against conference foe and defending National Champion Virginia.

Here is Syracuse’s schedule that has been released so far.

Oct. 26 – Daemen College (Carrier Dome, exhibition)

Oct. 29 – Carleton College (Carrier Dome, exhibition)

Nov. 6 – Virginia (Carrier Dome)

Nov. 20 – Cornell, 7 p.m. (Carrier Dome)

Nov. 27 – NIT Season Tipoff vs. Ole Miss/Oklahoma State/Penn State (Barclays Center)

Nov. 29  – NIT Season Tipoff (Barclays Center)

Dec. 3 – Iowa (ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Carrier Dome)

Dec. 14 – Georgetown (Capital One Arena)

Dec. 18 – Oakland (Carrier Dome)

Dec. 21 — North Florida (Carrier Dome)

ACC home games: Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Duke, Wake Forest, North Carolina, North Carolina State.

ACC away games: Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Florida State, Miami, Louisville.