Syracuse will not play any conference home games outside the Carrier Dome.

Jim Boeheim, seeking to clarify statements made by SU chancellor Nancy Cantor, said the Orange would never play an ACC home game in New York City.

“That was never a part of us getting in the ACC,’’ Boeheim said on Wednesday. “It never was. It was never in the discussion. We absolutely would not take conference games to New York City. It was never the intent.’’

Syracuse chancellor Nancy Cantor indicated on Tuesday that she had discussed the possibility of playing certain conference home games in New York City in her conversations with ACC commissioner John Swofford prior to the ACC extending an invitation to Syracuse.

“We haven’t gotten that far, but we absolutely have plans to do that – absolutely,” Cantor said. “I wanted to make sure that (the ACC was) interested in playing competitions in the New York City area, because that’s very important to us,” Cantor said. “We see ourselves as New York’s college team.”

Rick Pitino believes it would be a huge mistake for Connecticut to leave the Big East.

“I almost went to Connecticut, it was Connecticut or UMass,” Pitino told SNY.tv during an exclusive interview Tuesday at Hudson Catholic High School. “I remember when they were struggling to win the Yankee Conference. In all of sports, the greatest building job I’ve seen in my life was done at Connecticut. The Big East has taken them from a Yankee Conference school” to where they are now.

“With that being said, how can you want to leave? Why would you want to leave? My biggest mistake I made in my life is when I left Camelot [Kentucky]” to lead the Boston Celtics in 1997. “They’re leaving Camelot. It’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of.”

Connecticut is in serious discussions to move to the ACC, according to multiple sources.

Jim Calhoun believes the school should keep itself the top priority.

"We have a lot to offer," Calhoun told CBSSports.com on Monday morning. "We're very attractive now. This isn't 25 years ago."

If Connecticut joined the ACC, it would play regular season matchups against the likes of Duke and North Carolina.

"What UConn needs to do is put it head down and take care of UConn," Calhoun said. "Do what's best for us - just like everyone else needs to do what's best for their institution." 

Syracuse and Pittsburgh have reached an agreement to leave the Big East in order to join the ACC.

The exact date for their move is not yet determined.