Syracuse students agree: Gotta keep the winning streak alive.
Syracuse had a very good week last week, beating Duke on the road, and taking care of Pittsburgh at home. Now a Miami team, which hasn't had the best year so far heads to the Dome. Syracuse is favored in this game, and this is the kind of game (like G'Tech was before the Duke win) that Syracuse has to win at home. Miami's best offensive player is 5'7" Chris Lykes. He is making 37.5% of his long range shots, and averages 18.1ppg. His size makes him elusive to defenders when he drives, but Syracuse should be able to disrupt his shooting in this one, just do to it's size. Additionally, Chukwu and other players should be able to block shots inside. Not to mention the fact that the 2-3 zone will encourage him not to drive as much, but rather to take more shots. But really, Miami's a lot like Syracuse last season. They don't have much depth due to NCAA issues, and a lot of players will play a lot of minutes. If they get into foul trouble, Miami is in real trouble. Miami is a good 3 point shooting team however. Their sniper is DJ Vasiljevic, who is hitting 44% (ouch). Obviously the 2-3 zone provides a solid chance for Miami to stay in the game. But unless they take a whole bunch of 3s and make them, Syracuse should have a nice win. I'm expecting Syracuse to continue their momentum and Miami to fall right into being short handed and just plain short. I'm taking Syracuse by 11. This game is available regionally at 8:00pm. John is in the Dome. I'm at home. Congrats to my good friends Brian and Liz who aren't at the game because they just had a new Orange fan. As always, GO ORANGE!
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