Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse basketball team takes on the No. 3 Houston Cougars at 6 p.m., Monday at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The game will air on TNT .

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Pregame

Syracuse tips off the first of three games in the Players Era Festival on Monday against last year’s NCAA runner-up.

Houston is once again a popular Final Four pick, and Syracuse has an ever stiffer test on its hands playing without star forward Donnie Freeman .

The sophomore leads SU with 17.8 points per game and is second on the team with 5.3 rebounds per game. He packs an inside-out game and tantalizing length that make him among the team’s most indispensable players.

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