Ole Miss to travel to Syracuse for second round of NIT

Published 8:15 pm Wednesday, March 15, 2017

: Ole Miss guard Breein Tyree (4) brings the ball up against Monmouth in a National Invitation Tournament game Tuesday at OceanFirst Bank Center in West Orange Branch, N.J. (Joshua McCoy/Ole Miss Athletics)

Ole Miss is headed to New York to face one of college basketball’s bluebloods.

The Rebels will travel to Syracuse to take on the top-seeded Orange in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament on Saturday. Tip from the Carrier Dome is set for 10 a.m. CT.

Syracuse (19-14) announced the date and time following its 90-77 first-round win over UNC Greensboro on Wednesday, a game that was postponed because of wintry weather in the Northeast.