SYRACUSE - The University at Albany certainly didn't win on Tuesday evening, but they took a step in the right direction.

Gerardo Suero scored a game-high 31 points and Logan Aronhalt added 20, but the Great Danes dropped to 1-2, on the year.

Suero's total was the most by an opposing player, at the Carrier Dome, since Cornell's Ryan Wittman scored 33, back in 2008.

He also scored the most points for a UAlbany player, since Jason Siggers scored 34 against Vermont, back in 2007.

Here are postgame reactions from Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim and UAlbany coach Will Brown.

The NCAA is looking to expand the men's basketball tournament from 65 to 68 teams beginning next season.

The NCAA also announced a new, $10.8 billion broadcasting deal with CBS and Turner Broadcasting that will allow every game to be shown live for the first time.

There were thoughts that the tournament could go increase to 80 or 96 teams.

According to the AP, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, said the proposal was "better than nothing."

So UAlbany didn't play well tonight and it showed as Syracuse hammered them 75-43.

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim picked up win No. 800 and as the clock was running out, he said Derrick Coleman was ringing his cell phone.

“He probably figured that I was going to answer it,” Boeheim joked after the game.

That was about the only joke from this game as UAlbany coach Will Brown said his team must take the day off tomorrow (well, I guess technically today) because of NCAA rules, but vowed they would play better on Friday against Morgan State.

“I’m very disappointed,” Brown said. “I’ve got a very disappointed team in that locker room.”

The Great Danes had a tough time getting inside the Orange's 2-3 zone.

“They stretch it out so far it basically becomes like a 2-2-1,” Brown said. “It really bothered us. We don’t have the personnel to consistently score at the rim against them.”

In fact, Brown said he got a chuckle from this exchange with his freshman point guard.

"I said to Mike Black, 'Mike, you have to get the ball to the high post,' and he said, 'Coach, I can't see the high post," said Brown.

The good news is UAlbany won't see a team this big for quite a while, if ever this season.

The bad news is they have to take some positives out of this game and get better before playing Morgan State, a team that made the NCAA Tournament last year.

"We know what we have to work on in practice and we know what we have to do to get better," said senior center Brett Gifford. "We have to be tougher with the ball and mentally tougher."

The Capital District college hoops season starts in about 90 minutes.

I just made it to the Carrier Dome and am waiting to kick things off between UAlbany and Syracuse.

If you haven't heard, Orange men coach Jim Boeheim is going for win No. 800.

Stay tuned to my blog for updates throughout the game and if you can stay up late enough, a recap afterward.

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For you Siena fans, stopped by there before practice and I'll give you just a tidbit from junior center Ryan Rossiter about practices being closed to fans and to the media (a rarity for Siena).

"The focus has been much better. I think in the scrimmages we didn't play too well and it was a real wake up call for us. We're much more focused in practice and it's really showed."

There will be plenty more on the Saints in Thursday's paper as they kick things off Friday at Tennessee State.

In the biggest upset on election day, No. 25 Syracuse didn't look good on Tuesday night and it cost them as the Orange fell to Division II Le Moyne 82-79 in an exhibition game at the Carrier Dome.

Le Moyne plays in the Northeast-10 Conference along with The College of Saint Rose.

Syracuse plays their first regular season game against the University at Albany on Monday night.

The game will be televised on ESPNU.

Do you think this gives the Great Danes a better chance against the Orange.

My feeling is that coach Jim Boeheim will be grinding it into his players heads for the next week.

Boeheim will be looking for his 800th victory on Monday.