Las Vegas ― Syracuse has lost its first two games here in the Players Era Festival, but the Orange still doesn’t know when it will play or which team it will play in the tournament’s final round.

The format for the 18-team event is unlike most tournaments in that it doesn’t use a traditional bracket with winners advancing and losers falling into a separate bracket.

The tournament will use a length list of criteria to break all ties and determine the two teams to play in the “championship’’ game, two teams to play in the third-place game, matchups for five more games to be played on Wednesday and the bottom four teams who will wait until Thursday to play their final games here.

Syracuse is 0-2 after losing to Houston and Kansas.

But the Orange might not finish among the last four teams that will play on Thursday.

UNLV is locked into a Thursday game as the Runnin’ Rebels lost on Monday, cannot make the Top 4 and, as the local school, will fill a bottom four slot.

Rutgers and Creighton are both 0-2 and ranked below Syracuse based on their margin in losses. Syracuse has a point differential of minus-15, while Creighton and Rutgers are both minus-25.

Syracuse’s fate is based on two games that will be played late Tuesday: Oregon vs. San Diego State and UNLV vs. Alabama.

Syracuse would need UNLV to beat Alabama (unlikely) by six points or more (even more unlikely). The game tips off at 9 p.m. Pacific (midnight Eastern).

The most realistic out for the Orange rides on the outcome of Oregon-San Diego State, which starts at 8 p.m. Pacific (11 p.m. Eastern).

Oregon lost by 11 points to Auburn on Monday, while San Diego State got thumped 94-54 by Michigan. (The Players Era caps point differential at 20 points, regardless of the final margin).

So an Oregon win by any margin would put Syracuse on Wednesday’s schedule.

San Diego State would need to beat Oregon by five points or more for the Orange to avoid Thursday’s bottom four games.

Syracuse’s potential opponents on Wednesday would come from a host of teams with 1-1 records, including St. John’s and Baylor.

Check back at Syracuse.com later for Syracuse’s next opponent and game time.