How to Watch Syracuse at #11 Virginia
Matchup: Syracuse (10-5, 3-1) at #11 Virginia (10-3, 2-2)
Location: John Paul Jones Arena (Charlottesville, VA)
Time: 5:00 p.m. Eastern - Saturday, January 7th.
Television: ACC Network
Stream: LIVE STREAM
Radio: TK99, Cuse.com, TuneIn App
Broadcast Team: Jay Alter, Malcolm Huckaby
Odds: Syracuse +11. Over/Under 126.5
ESPN Matchup Predictor: Syracuse has a 9.9% chance to win.
Series History: Syracuse trails the all-time series 6-11. Virginia has won the last three and seven of the last eight. The last two games, however, were very close contests. Last season in the Dome, the Cavs won 74-69. The year before in the ACC Tournament, Syracuse fell 72-69. The most recent Orange victory was in 2020, when Syracuse shocked UVA 63-55 on the road.
Live Stats: LINK
Syracuse enters the 2022-23 season in a situation it has not been in under Jim Boeheim. Coming back from a losing season. The Orange finished the 2021-22 campaign below .500 for the first time in more than 50 years and has completely reshaped the roster in the offseason. While veterans Joe Girard, Jesse Edwards, Benny Williams and Symir Torrence are all back, Syracuse has seven newcomers in freshmen Judah Mintz, Quadir Copeland, Justin Taylor, Chris Bunch, Maliq Brown, Peter Carey and transfer Mounir Hima. Syracuse won both of the two exhibition games for the Orange, against Indiana (PA) and Southern New Hampshire, though neither victory was particularly impressive. The regular season started with a win over Lehigh, loss to Colgate, win over Northeastern and overtime victory over Richmond. The Orange followed that up with an overtime loss to St. John's, home loss to Bryant and blowout loss at Illinois. Syracuse bounced back with an impressive road win at Notre Dame, blowout of Oakland, convincing victory over Georgetown, knocking off Monmouth and beating Cornell. The Orange then suffered a setback against Pitt before bouncing back against Boston College and Louisville.
Virginia is one of the best teams in the country and has impressive wins over Baylor, Illinois and Michigan. Its losses were all to good teams in Houston, Miami and Pittsburgh. Virginia is a very good three point shooting team at 37% with three key players over 40% led by Reece Beekman at 48%. Kihei Clark leads the team in scoring (11.9 points) and assists (5.9). Kadin Shedrick is the primary big and averages 9.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game.
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