How to Watch Syracuse vs Duke
Matchup: Syracuse (16-10, 9-6) vs Duke (18-8, 9-6)
Location: JMA Wireless Dome (Syracuse, NY)
Time: 6:00 p.m. Eastern - Saturday, February 18th.
Television: ESPN
Stream: LIVE STREAM
Radio: TK99, Cuse.com, TuneIn App
Broadcast Team: Dave O'Brien, Dick Vitale, Kris Budden
Odds: Syracuse +1.5/Over Under 140.5
ESPN Matchup Predictor: Syracuse has a 43.1% chance to win.
Series History: Syracuse trails 6-14 in the all-time series. That includes seven straight wins for Duke. The last Orange win came at Cameron Indoor in 2019 in overtime. Tyus Battle had 32 points to lead Syracuse and Elijah Hughes hit a full court shot before halftime. The last Dome win was in 2017, when John Gillon beat the buzzer to shock the Blue Devils.
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. Syracuse then fell at Virginia before topping Virginia Tech and Notre Dame. The Orange lost a heartbreaker at Miami before blowing out Georgia Tech and losing another heartbreaker to North Carolina. Virginia Tech then dominated Syracuse before the Orange lost yet another heartbreaker to Virginia before beating Boston College and Florida State on the road. Syracuse followed that up with a signature win over #23 NC State.
Duke came into the season with very high expectations and preseason top 10 ranking to match. The Blue Devils have been inconsistent this season, which has caused them to fall out of the polls. Duke's two non-conference losses were to Purdue and Kansas. Its six ACC losses were to Wake Forest, NC State, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Miami and Virginia. While there is not a bad loss in that bunch, Duke has struggled on the road. Each of the conference losses were away from home, and there have been other close calls as well including a one point win at Boston College. Duke is led by freshman Kyle Filipowski, who is averaging 15 points and nine rebounds per game. Jeremy Roach is an experienced guard who is the only other Duke player averaging double digits in scoring at 12.5. He also leads the team in assists. Duke is shooting just 32.4% from beyond the arc this season. Freshmen Mark Mitchell (38.5%) and Dariq Whitehead (40.3%) are the best shooters by percentage from deep.
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