Las Vegas – Playing impactful college basketball games against quality teams this early in the season provides coaches and players with an understanding of where they are and what they need to improve upon.

Syracuse is 0-2 after losses to Houston and Kansas here in the Players Era Festival.

And while the Orange has played hard here without leading scorer Donnie Freeman, there is work to be done.

Free throws

Syracuse has been outscored 37-25 from the free throw line in its two games here.

What’s even more disheartening is the Orange took more free throws than its opponents. It just could not make enough of them.

SU missed 27 free throws in two games. That is too many missed opportunities.

SU is 25-of-52 in two Players Era Festival games. That’s 48%. The Orange right now ranks 364 t

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