LOUISVILLE, KY — Syracuse basketball (12-6, 6-5 ACC) seeks a third straight win when the Orange visit the Louisville Cardinals (11-4, 6-3 ACC) on Wednesday evening.
The game tips off just after 6:30 p.m. at KFC Yum! Center and will be televised on the ACC Network, available to subscribers of many cable and satellite TV packages. You can also stream it through the ESPN app as long as you receive the ACC Network through your TV subscription.
The ACC Network channel numbers in the Syracuse area are as follows:
- Verizon Fios: Channel 571 (HD) & 71 (SD)
- Spectrum Channel 388 (HD & SD)
- New Visions: Channel 780 (HD) & 80 (SD)
- Dish Network: Channel 402 (HD & SD)
- DirecTV: Channel 612 (HD & SD)
Syracuse comes into the game off a pair of wins at NC State and home vs. Boston College, respectively. The victories allowed the Orange to keep the flame of their NCAA Tournament hopes flickering, but Syracuse is still in desperate need of a quadrant 1 win to really stoke the fire. A victory in Louisville would give them that.
Louisville has not played since Feb. 1 when it posted a 74-58 home win over Georgia Tech. The Cardinals have been on pause due to multiple COVID-19 positives in the program and the accompanying contact tracing and protocols. Louisville’s scheduled Feb. 3 contest at Syracuse was canceled, as were two more of its games.
The Cardinals will be without two scholarship players and one walk-on when it faces the Orange, according to assistant coach Dino Gaudio.
Wednesday’s contest is the 30th all-time meeting between Syracuse and Louisville, with the Cardinals leading the series 19-10, including a 90-66 demolition of the Orange in last season’s meeting in Louisville.
ESPN’s College Basketball Power Index (BPI) gives Louisville a 56.1 percent chance of beating Syracuse. The projected point differential is 1.6 points.