Happy, Orange Nation?

Syracuse is finalizing plans to head back in the Big Apple with a Big Bang (the all important Borough of Manhattan, that is) as College Hoops Today reported Tuesday that SU and SJU are nearing completion of a deal to play in the upcoming season (also confirmed by a source Tuesday to The Juice Online - On SI).

Get ready for the early-season build-up with the new Gerry McNamara era as the Orange face old friend Rick Pitino and newer, old friend Donnie Freeman of the Red Storm. The marquee out-of-conference meeting has to be fitted into a St.…