Syracuse, N.Y. – The Syracuse men’s basketball team has started the season with four consecutive wins against a schedule that is the basketball version of the kiddie pool.

The Orange will dive headfirst into the deep end next week with three games against high-level competition in the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.

In building a 4-0 record, Syracuse has played a schedule that is ranked 362nd in the nation. That’s out of 365 Division I teams.

The Orange blew out Binghamton, Delaware State and Drexel by an average of 36.0 points before struggling to put away Monmouth, 78-73, on Tuesday. The highest KenPom.com ranking for those four is Monmouth at No. 211.

Of the 18 teams competing in the Players Era Festival, 17 are ranked in KenPom’s Top 100. A dozen are in the Top 50.

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