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. John's MSG home game date within the building's annual busy end-of-year calendar. As he has indicated since he was introduced as head coach, McNamara wants to play a blend of competition in his non-conference schedule, from neutral sites to true road games against top ranked teams, along with the balance of hosting smaller, lower-Quad programs in the Dome to prep for the ACC portion of the schedule.…