The Clemson Tigers will play the Syracuse Orangemen in a big Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA college basketball matchup that will be live streaming online free from the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York at 6:00 PM ET tonight.

Syracuse (22-0, 9-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) has won eight games by single digits and is off to the best start in school history. The Orange also have extended Jim Boeheim's NCAA record of 20-win seasons to 36 in 38 seasons at his alma mater. Another win would tie the program mark for consecutive wins, established in the 1916-17 and 1917-18 seasons.

It will be the third meeting between the teams and first in Syracuse, and the Orange have yet to beat the Tigers. Clemson defeated Syracuse 78-67 to open the 1960-61 season and also won an NIT matchup 74-70 in 2007 at Littlejohn Coliseum.

Only Syracuse and Wichita State (24-0) were left entering the weekend, with the fourth-ranked Shockers playing at Northern Iowa on Saturday.

"Coach let us know that right now it means really nothing (to be No. 1)," freshman point guard Tyler Ennis said. "We have to play our best ball at the end of the season. Whether we're ranked or not, it really doesn't matter to us."

Clemson has won two straight and is in the midst of five out of six games on the road. The Tigers lost at Pittsburgh 76-43, lost at North Carolina 80-61, then won at Florida State 53-49 before returning home to beat injury-riddled Georgia Tech 45-41 on Tuesday night.

The Tigers are led by KJ McDaniels, who's averaging 16.3 points, seven rebounds, and 2.6 blocks, but he struggled against Georgia Tech, finishing with eight points on 3-of-14 shooting.

The game will be on espn.com live.