Observations from Syracuse’s intrasquad basketball scrimmage

Syracuse Basketball Media Day and Scrimmage

Buddy Boeheim and Syracuse Orange guard Symir Torrence (10) The Syracuse basketball season starts with the annual media day, where coach Jim Boeheim gives his thoughts and players are interviewed. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Syracuse, N.Y. -- The Syracuse men’s basketball team unveiled its 2021-22 roster Friday night in the Carrier Dome in an intrasquad scrimmage designed to introduce the Orange to paying fans for the first time in about 19 months.

Cole Swider, the Villanova transfer, and Bourama Sidibe, the veteran Syracuse center, did not participate in the scrimmage. Both said they were being careful about aggravating various physical issues. Swider rolled an ankle; Sidibe has a bone bruise on a different knee than the one he injured last season.

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