Syracuse, N.Y. ― The Syracuse Orange basketball team has gotten off to a 4-0 start to the season thanks in no smart part to having played four low- to mid-majors.

Syracuse’s wins over Binghamton, Delaware State, Drexel and Monmouth compute to an early schedule that ranks 361st out of 365 Division I schools.

The question has been raised as to whether SU’s early slate of games have prepared the Orange for the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas. The Orange will open the 18-team event on Monday against No. 2-ranked Houston followed by a Tuesday game against No. 24 Kansas.

Syracuse coach Adrian Autry and the Orange players have said that they feel ready to go up against some of the nation’s best after feasting on some of the nation’s worst.

But Syracuse isn’t alone in its approach to early

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