Basketball
Venue
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Official Ticket Marketplace of the Syracuse Orange
Syracuse University Men's Basketball History
Syracuse fielded its first basketball team in 1898, and the team achieved its first winning record three years later when John A.R. Scott started coaching the squad. The Orange played independent of a conference for decades, but when the Big East Conference coalesced in 1979, Syracuse came on board as a founding member. The team won 10 regular-season Big East titles until it joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013.
From 1976 to 2023, the program was coached by Jim Boeheim. During his tenure in the ’80s, Syracuse boasted a crop of phenoms, including Rony Seikaly, Pearl Washington, Sherman Douglas and Derrick Coleman. In 2002, future NBA star Carmelo Anthony played his freshman year at Syracuse before leaving for the NBA draft. The Orange won the NCAA Championship with Anthony in 2003. Syracuse has appeared in the NCAA Final Four six total times and overall has made the NCAA Tournament an impressive 41 times.
Syracuse's biggest rival is the Georgetown Hoyas, a team they’ve been squaring off against since the 1930s. Syracuse also has rivalries with the UConn Huskies, as well as a newer rivalry with the Duke Blue Devils.
Syracuse Orange Team Info
Conference: ACC
Team Colors: Orange
Team Rivals: Georgetown, Connecticut, Villanova, Duke
Syracuse Orange at the JMA Wireless Dome
Until the 1980-81 season, the Orange played their home games at Manley Field House, and then moved over to the 33,000-capacity Carrier Dome, which was renamed to the JMA Wireless Dome in 2022. Syracuse boasts some of the most dedicated fans in college basketball, as the team regularly sets attendance records at their home games.
Tickets for the 2025-26 regular season can be purchased on Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the Syracuse Orange.
The Syracuse Orange play their basketball games at JMA Wireless Dome (often referred to as the JMA Dome) in Syracuse, New York. The seating map for JMA Dome can be viewed on Ticketmaster(Opens in new tab).
The basketball game was pretty good, but the close finish made it very exciting. The seats from Ticketmaster were EXCELLENT and provided a great view of all the action. After the game, a tribute to retired coach Jim Boeheim made for a perfect day and a worthwhile trip from Boston. Syracuse is an interesting city; old and new; eclectic population; clean and worn; BUT an interesting place with a great university.
Best Game! Incredible Tribute! Thank you Syracuse and Ticket master! Easy, Fun, and will definitely buy again:)
Game was fun to watch with friends! Parking was expensive!
Every seat is a good seat because the Jumbo trons are HUGE. Hopefully the sound system will be perfect for the Boss in April
It was quite the experience to be at the SU Men's Basketball game. The atmosphere was so much fun and our seats were really good. Everything went very smooth from parking to the bus back and forth. They won so it made it even more fun and exciting. My husband and I had a great time.
Booked tickets to bring my teenage son as a Christmas gift. The seats were so tight…and uncomfortable. I had an aisle seat, and the everyone from the row had spread out so I had maybe half a seat, was being pushed out into the isle. The space is so small that every person going up or down the aisle slammed into my shoulder. It was awful! These are benches, with an odd foam seat put on top to help keep people sections but the foam seating is so uncomfortable, and they’ve tried to put too many people per row, to make more money. It was hugely disappointing. They should really re-think the seating for these prices, and take a look at UNL’s stadium… Huskers basketball games are fun, the space is huge, nice seats, for about 1/5th the cost!
What a great game for the girls first teip to the done!
Great tix...was able to transfer one of my seats to my son, who was late to the game. Very easy to do!
The acoustics were terrible. Very hard to understand the announcer. Also, very difficult what was happening and who the players were.
A great chance to see some fun basketball in a different venue; seating was a bit tight but venue was clean and organized nicely. Steps were steep but railings were appreciated (looking at you bills stadium ahem "HIGHMARK"...) and staff seemed helpful.
Good opening evening to introduce Syracuse University basketball in Rochester. Parking was triple what it should have been. Front row seats were great. The players interacted well. I d go again. Souvenir cup from Wegmans lost it printing in liquid.
Had a great time. App works great and easy transition to apple wallet. I wish the tickets indicated what type of seat we were sitting in when shopping for the tickets. I ended up purchasing tickets for an aluminum bench seat. I have a bad back and it would have been nice to know ahead of time so I could have brought a cushion. By the end of the game I was in quite some pain. But the process for getting tickets was smooth.
Had a very good time at this game. Syracuse University does a good job in dressing the dome for a basketball game. Good atmosphere.
Great game! Awesome seats! It would be nice if the seats what a little more space, but I can’t complain about our amazing experience!
Always enjoy going to a Syracuse Orange mens basketball game. Seating is good. Lighting is very good. The team tries hard and generally wins.
The staff at the dome were amazing, very friendly and helpful. Great tiem by all.
This is a awesome venue. People were friendly and people were helpful. Only thing I didn’t care for is .. we paid for court side seats but we couldn’t stand up in the court side area. I mean we paid for the seats and they paid for their seats. It shouldn’t matter if I stand up. Getting told to sit down just kinda ruined my day.
Seating right behind crew, at courtside and visitor bench slightly obscured due to seating height. But overall good seating.
The seats were on 1 at level but view of overhead screen was blocked by the overhang from second level.
Ticketmaster made this experience very easy and paperless . Downloaded my tickets in my wallet on my iPhone . Simple as 1,2,3