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Syracuse vs West Virginia Preview

The Orange and Mountaineers square off in the NCAA Tournament.
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Syracuse vs West Virginia Preview
Syracuse vs West Virginia Preview

Syracuse and West Virginia meet in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. The game tips at 5:15 p.m. Eastern and will be broadcast on CBS. Here is a comparison of the two teams. 

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CategorySyracuseWest Virginia

Seed

11

3

Record

17-9

19-9

Conf Record

9-7

11-6

Conf Tourney

Lost Quarterfinals

Lost Quarterfinals

Points

75.8

77.3

FG%

44.1%

42.8%

3PT%

33.9%

35.7%

FT%

78.4%

71.7%

Assists

15.3

13.8

Points Allowed

70.4

71.9

FG% Def

41.3%

44.5%

3PT% Def

31.5%

33.0%

Reb Margin

-1.9

+2.3

Blocks

4.9

2.9

Steals

8.7

7.5

TOs

11.2

12.1

TOs Forced

14.2

15.0

Off Efficiency

15th

10th

Def Efficiency

94th

66th

STARTERS

Point Guard

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Player

Joe Girard

Miles McBride

Height

6-1

6-2

Weight

195

200

Points

9.6

16.0

FG%

34.9%

43.1%

3PT%

32.1%

40.6%

FT%

78.7%

81.3%

Assists

3.5

4.8

Reb

2.9

3.9

Steals

1.5

1.9

Blocks

0.1

0.3

TOs

2.1

1.8

Shooting Guard

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Player

Buddy Boeheim

Sean McNeil

Height

6-6

6-3

Weight

195

210

Points

17.7

11.9

FG%

43.9%

40.2%

3PT%

39.1%

37.6%

FT%

88.1%

88.9%

Assists

2.7

0.8

Reb

2.5

2.1

Steals

1.3

0.5

Blocks

0.0

0.0

TOs

1.5

0.9

Small Forward

CategorySyracuseWest Virginia

Player

Alan Griffin

Emmitt Matthews Jr.

Height

6-5

6-7

Weight

190

215

Points

14.1

7.6

FG%

43.8%

41.2%

3PT%

36.9%

30.6%

FT%

89.3%

75.8%

Assists

1.8

1.0

Reb

6.3

3.9

Steals

1.3

0.6

Blocks

1.8

0.4

TOs

2.2

1.3

Power Forward

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Player

Quincy Guerrier

Jalen Bridges

Height

6-7

6-7

Weight

220

220

Points

14.0

6.0

FG%

49.6%

50.4%

3PT%

29.9%

42.2%

FT%

69.1%

69.2%

Assists

0.8

0.3

Reb

8.6

3.4

Steals

0.8

0.5

Blocks

1.0

0.4

TOs

1.0

0.4

Center

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Player

Marke Dolezaj

Derek Culver

Height

6-10

6-10

Weight

201

255

Points

10.0

14.5

FG%

55.3%

48.5%

3PT%

0.0%

0.0%

FT%

84.7%

61.7%

Assists

3.3

1.1

Reb

5.2

9.7

Steals

1.2

0.8

Blocks

0.9

0.8

TOs

1.7

2.3

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