Syracuse students agree: Winning today would be very nice.
Syracuse demolished Miami in their last game on Tuesday. Both Edwards and Richmond made some nice plays and played some quality minutes, especially when Dolezaj was struggling at the C position on defense. Now Syracuse faces the #2 team in the league in Virginia Tech, which a big opportunity for a resume building win.
Virginia Tech doesn't stand out and doing anything great, but they do do everything well. They are good at shooting, they defend well, and they don't turn the ball over too much. However, they really only have one major outside shooting threat in Tyrece Radford, who has averaging just about 48% from behind the arc. He doesn't take a ton of shots, but makes the shots he takes. Syracuse guards, but more importantly forwards, will have to key on him to make sure he's not getting uncontested looks. Syracuse also can't afford to turn the ball over and let VTech take advantage of easy runouts. And unlike the Pittsburgh game, Edwards and Guerrier will hopefully lead the effort in boxing out to prevent second chance opportunities for VTech, which they generally thrive on. This is a toss up game for me today. Syracuse has the chance to get going on the offensive end, and make this one a shoot out, or Syracuse can pull away by playing solid defense and rebounding. This is a tough one to predict, but since Syracuse is at home I'll give that the slight edge and say Syracuse over VTech by four.
This game is available regionally at 12:00pm. Check your local listings here. For everyone else, it's internet only hell, like me. John will be watching via cable. We'll see you out there. GO ORANGE!
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