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Re: 12-10-09
Lenny Del Genio
SYRACUSE -2
This is a matchup of unbeatens and one of the marquee battles of the entire Big East/SEC challenge. You can excuse the Orange for playing back to back throwaway games as they began the season by roaring through the Preseason NIT, including blowout wins over ranked foes Cal and North Carolina, games where the line was around a Pick Em and Syracuse beat the spread by a combined 47 points. In fact, looking back further, neutral site games have been very kind to Jim Boeheim as his team is an astounding 49-29 vs. the number when homecourt advantage does not come into play. This includes an outright 89-83 victory last November over the team they face tonight. The Orange's margin of victory thus far is approaching 30 PPG. They lead the nation in effective field goal percentage at 62.3%, which is better than any team has ever done over the course of a full season. It is probably destined to come down a little, but not in this game as Syracuse is currently playing at a pace of 10 possession per game higher than are the Gators. Syracuse is our **ESPN** Winner.
Lenny Del Genio
SYRACUSE -2
This is a matchup of unbeatens and one of the marquee battles of the entire Big East/SEC challenge. You can excuse the Orange for playing back to back throwaway games as they began the season by roaring through the Preseason NIT, including blowout wins over ranked foes Cal and North Carolina, games where the line was around a Pick Em and Syracuse beat the spread by a combined 47 points. In fact, looking back further, neutral site games have been very kind to Jim Boeheim as his team is an astounding 49-29 vs. the number when homecourt advantage does not come into play. This includes an outright 89-83 victory last November over the team they face tonight. The Orange's margin of victory thus far is approaching 30 PPG. They lead the nation in effective field goal percentage at 62.3%, which is better than any team has ever done over the course of a full season. It is probably destined to come down a little, but not in this game as Syracuse is currently playing at a pace of 10 possession per game higher than are the Gators. Syracuse is our **ESPN** Winner.
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