Game time: 7 p.m.

Location: Carrier Dome

TV: Time Warner/SNY

Who's hot for Syracuse

Fab Melo scored nine points against both Florida and Marshall. He averaged 4.5 rebounds in those two games. He also had four blocks against Marshall on Tuesday. Melo now has 23 blocks in just nine games this season. He rejected 25 shots in 33 games as a freshman.

Three points

Observations from an assistant coach familiar with the George Washington Colonials:



"GW's one of the best 3-point shooting teams in the country. Tony Taylor's a terrific shooter. Nemanja Mikic and Lasan Kromah have great size on the wings. Syracuse will have to find all three guys in its zone." "Syracuse gets a lot of tips and deflections in the zone, which means you're inbounding the ball underneath your basket a lot. Then, they make you work to get the ball inbounds when you're underneath the basket. It's one of the most underrated factors against them." "GW's going to have a tough time guarding Syracuse on the inside. GW will play a lot of defenses — 1-3-1, 2-3 and press. SU will have to do a great job of reacting to GW's changes on defenses."

Key Colonial

Tony Taylor is a 6-foot-1 senior guard who averages 14.1 points and 4.9 assists.

Assistant's take: "You've got to control his penetration. He's a great player. He knows how to get to spots and he can shoot over the top of you. But you've got to keep him out of the lane because he creates open shots for Mikic and Kromah."

Stray fact

Most people think Georgetown beat Syracuse in the last game played at Manley Field House after which John Thompson infamously stated, “Manley Field House is officially closed.” Most people are wrong. On Nov. 16, 1994, Syracuse hosted George Washington at Manley. George Washington won 111-104 in overtime.