Syracuse vs San Diego State Preview

The Orange and the Aztecs square off in the NCAA Tournament.

Syracuse and San Diego State meet in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Here is a comparison of the two teams. 

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Category	Syracuse	San Diego State
Seed	11	6
Record	16-9	23-4
Conf Record	9-7	14-3
Conf Tourney	Lost Quarterfinals	Won Title
Points	75.8	74.1
FG%	44.1%	45.5%
3PT%	33.9%	37.5%
FT%	78.4%	72.3%
Assists	15.3	13.9
Points Allowed	70.7	60.6
FG% Def	41.5%	38.7%
3PT% Def	31.8%	32.7%
Reb Margin	-2	+4
Blocks	4.9	2.9
Steals	8.7	8.3
TOs	11.2	11.3
TOs Forced	14.6	15.2
Off Efficiency	20th	45th
Def Efficiency	86th	10th

STARTERS

Point Guard

Category	Syracuse	San Diego State
Player	Joe Girard	Terrell Gomez
Height	6-1	5-8
Weight	195	165
Points	9.5	8.8
FG%	35.1%	43.9%
3PT%	31.8%	41.7%
FT%	77.3%	88.2%
Assists	3.3	2.3
Reb	2.8	1.5
Steals	1.5	1.0
Blocks	0.1	0.0
TOs	2.0	1.0

Shooting Guard

Category	Syracuse	San Diego State
Player	Buddy Boeheim	Trey Pulliam
Height	6-6	6-3
Weight	195	180
Points	17.1	7.2
FG%	42.5%	41.0%
3PT%	37.3%	24.4%
FT%	87.8%	66.7%
Assists	2.8	3.4
Reb	2.4	3.0
Steals	1.3	1.3
Blocks	0.0	0.0
TOs	1.5	1.5

Small Forward

Category	Syracuse	San Diego State
Player	Alan Griffin	Jordan Schakel
Height	6-5	6-6
Weight	190	200
Points	14.7	14.3
FG%	44.1%	47.9%
3PT%	37.2%	46.7%
FT%	89.3%	90.8%
Assists	1.9	1.0
Reb	6.5	4.4
Steals	1.3	1.0
Blocks	1.8	0.1
TOs	2.2	0.8

Power Forward

Category	Syracuse	Marek Dolezaj
Player	Quincy Guerrier	Matt Mitchell
Height	6-7	6-6
Weight	220	235
Points	14.4	15.4
FG%	50.0%	43.7%
3PT%	30.3%	36.1%
FT%	69.5%	81.5%
Assists	0.9	2.0
Reb	8.8	5.5
Steals	0.9	1.5
Blocks	1.0	0.3
TOs	0.9	2.3

Center

Category	Syracuse	San Diego State
Player	Marek Dolezaj	Nathan Mensah
Height	6-10	6-10
Weight	201	230
Points	9.9	8.2
FG%	54.8%	57.7%
3PT%	0.0%	0.0%
FT%	85.3%	61.0%
Assists	3.2	0.6
Reb	5.3	6.1
Steals	1.2	0.6
Blocks	0.8	1.4
TOs	1.7	1.2