Carmelo Anthony joined Syracuse in the fall of 2002, and by the end of the season, he was a national champion before embarking on a Hall of Fame NBA career.

Kiyan Anthony is following in his father's footsteps two decades later, and the freshman guard makes his Orange debut against visiting Binghamton on Nov. 3.

"I knew anywhere I went it would be a lot of pressure," Anthony told reporters at Syracuse's media day. "If I went to a DIII school, it still would have been there. I can't run from it. I just try to embrace it."

Coach Adrian Autry, also a former Orange standout, enters his third season coming off a 14-19 finish. Syracuse has missed the NCAA Tournament in the past four seasons, its longest drought since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

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