Brad Brownell's Clemson Tigers survived a late Syracuse push to take down the Orange, 64-61, in their ACC opener. Here's how social media reacted.

Syracuse rallied back from a ten-point second half deficit, but could never draw even and suffered a 64-61 home loss to Clemson in the opening ACC contest for both teams. Donnie Freeman scored all 18 of his points in the final dozen minutes to try to rally the Orange (9-5), but they never caught the Tigers (11-3).

Syracuse men's basketball (9-4) is getting set to open conference play against Clemson (10-3) on December 31st.The team handled a challenging non-conference sla

Searching to avenge its upset loss to Hofstra, Syracuse hosts Mercyhurst Wednesday night in its third-to-last nonconference game this season.

Donnie Freeman returned from his injury after missing the last nine games and very nearly willed the Orange to victory in its Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opener. Instead, Clemson was able to edge Syracuse down the stretch as the Tigers earned a 64-61 win inside the Dome.

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How Syracuse performs during conference play will ultimately determine if the Orange gets an invite to the NCAA Tournament this season or not. Aside from it coinciding with the start of conference play,