No. 1 seed Syracuse (19-14, 10-8 Atlantic Coast) beat No. 8 seed North Carolina-Greensboro (25-10, 14-4 Southern), 90-77 to open the National Invitation Tournament. Beat writers Connor Grossman and Paul Schwedelson break down playing in front of a small crowd, Andrew White’s shooting contests and thoughts on the new rules.

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