It’s true that the Syracuse basketball 2026-27 roster isn’t fully healthy. Junior guard Aiden Tobiason, who is expected to provide a lot of production for the Orange, suffered an injury in the exhibition loss to UConn earlier this month and didn’t play in the next two exhibitions.
Other players have been dealing with minor injuries here and there. That’s not uncommon in college basketball. Yet the ‘Cuse hasn’t looked overly inspiring in its trio of exhibitions, regardless of SU’s 2-1 record.
On Saturday afternoon in Buffalo, N.Y., Syracuse basketball defeated fellow Empire State team Niagara, 71-58. That’s after the Orange fell to Connecticut, 72-52, in Uncasville, Conn., and knocked off McNamara’s former team, Siena, 81-76, in Albany, N.Y…