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CBB : ATS Matchup
Wednesday 3/14/2018Line$ LineOU LineScore
ARIZONA ST
 
SYRACUSE
-1  

+1  
-115

-105

139.5
 
56
Final
60

ARIZONA ST (20 - 11) vs. SYRACUSE (20 - 13)
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Wednesday, 3/14/2018 9:10 PM
NCAA Tournament - First Four - Univ. of Dayton Arena - Dayton, OH
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611ARIZONA ST-1-2
612SYRACUSE142.5140
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
ARIZONA ST - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games20-11-5.614-1417-1483.538.646.4%35.375.335.743.9%36.5
Road Games7-7-0.55-78-682.037.545.8%33.081.337.947.8%34.6
Last 5 Games1-4-91-43-279.036.245.2%29.877.637.846.2%38.0
ARIZONA ST Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)83.538.628-6046.4%9-2536.4%19-2573.8%35814197114
vs opponents surrendering72.533.825-5843.6%8-2235.1%14-1972.1%34813196123
Team Stats (Road Games)82.037.527-6045.8%9-2538.1%18-2377.4%33813205113
Stats Against (All Games)75.335.726-6043.9%8-2434.1%14-2072.4%37915225154
vs opponents averaging7434.626-5745.3%7-2135.4%14-2072.2%35914186134
Stats Against (Road Games)81.337.928-5947.8%9-2337.8%16-2174.5%35816215134

SYRACUSE - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games20-13+0.813-1714-1767.530.241.8%37.464.528.839.6%32.9
Road Games6-8+0.76-88-666.627.439.0%37.570.429.540.4%35.1
Last 5 Games2-302-32-360.226.836.3%34.867.831.041.8%34.2
SYRACUSE Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)67.530.223-5441.8%6-1832.1%16-2274.0%371011167136
vs opponents surrendering71.533.325-5943.0%8-2235.1%13-1871.7%35913186124
Team Stats (Road Games)66.627.421-5539.0%6-1932.2%17-2376.7%371110187145
Stats Against (All Games)64.528.822-5539.6%8-2432.8%13-1774.3%33916186133
vs opponents averaging75.335.527-5945.5%8-2236.5%14-1973.0%36915176124
Stats Against (Road Games)70.429.524-5840.4%7-2430.1%16-2176.3%351017187124
Average power rating of opponents played: ARIZONA ST 79.3,  SYRACUSE 81.8
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
ARIZONA ST - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
1/25/2018UTAH77-80L-8L156O28-7040.0%461027-6243.5%3912
1/27/2018COLORADO80-66W-9.5W154.5U27-6442.2%34726-6142.6%4417
2/1/2018@ WASHINGTON64-68L-2.5L155U24-5444.4%321524-6139.3%3713
2/4/2018@ WASHINGTON ST88-78W-8.5W160O34-6155.7%301228-5749.1%2718
2/8/2018USC80-78W-3L160.5U27-6442.2%36627-5549.1%3918
2/10/2018UCLA88-79W-5W164.5O27-6442.2%39730-6645.5%3512
2/15/2018ARIZONA70-77L-1.5L159U28-6642.4%281425-5248.1%4420
2/22/2018@ OREGON68-75L3.5L154U22-5738.6%32826-6341.3%407
2/24/2018@ OREGON ST75-79L-2L149.5O24-5543.6%311628-5352.8%3116
3/1/2018CALIFORNIA84-53W-14W153U26-5151.0%371121-6134.4%3517
3/3/2018STANFORD83-84L-8.5L158.5O29-6445.3%23627-5350.9%4521
3/7/2018*COLORADO85-97L-6.5L148O30-6347.6%26333-6253.2%397
3/14/2018*SYRACUSE              

SYRACUSE - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
1/24/2018BOSTON COLLEGE81-63W-7W132.5O29-4860.4%281121-4447.7%2017
1/27/2018@ PITTSBURGH60-55W-10L122.5U19-5435.2%481118-6527.7%429
1/31/2018@ GEORGIA TECH51-55L0L121U15-5030.0%401521-6333.3%389
2/3/2018VIRGINIA44-59L6L114U17-5133.3%26723-4748.9%3511
2/5/2018@ LOUISVILLE78-73W7W132O25-5347.2%32824-5246.2%3111
2/11/2018WAKE FOREST78-70W-7.5W133.5O23-5046.0%35824-5543.6%3214
2/14/2018NC STATE70-74L-6L142O23-4452.3%251527-4955.1%2319
2/17/2018@ MIAMI62-55W4.5W128.5U25-5248.1%371120-5933.9%297
2/21/2018N CAROLINA74-78L4T146.5O25-5843.1%341029-6544.6%388
2/24/2018@ DUKE44-60L13.5L142.5U17-5431.5%331722-5341.5%3711
2/28/2018@ BOSTON COLLEGE70-85L2L136O19-5038.0%341526-5448.1%2910
3/3/2018CLEMSON55-52W0W124U16-5330.2%36718-4540.0%3312
3/6/2018*WAKE FOREST73-64W-4W134.5O23-4254.8%341823-6435.9%3012
3/7/2018*N CAROLINA59-78L7.5L141.5U20-6331.7%371225-5743.9%4211
3/14/2018*ARIZONA ST              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
ARIZONA ST: Last season: 15-18.
Who's gone: G Torian Graham, F Obinna Oleka, F Sam Cunliffe.
Who's back: G Tra Holder has matured into one of the conference's top floor leaders, a point guard who can facilitate or score. G Shannon Evans can score in bunches and knows Hurley's system well after following him from Buffalo. G Kodi Justice can do a little bit of everything, whether it's knocking down long 3s, bringing the crowd to its feet with a behind-the-back pass or guard 7-footers in the post. Big man Ramon Villa was steady as a backup last season and should give Hurley solid minutes again this year.
Who's new: Forwards Romello White and Vitaliy Shibel change Arizona State's frontcourt dynamic after sitting out last season. White, an academic redshirt a year ago, is active and tenacious. Shibel is athletic, can shoot from the perimeter and should be healthy after tearing his ACL last season. Junior college transfer De'Quon Lake is long and springy, top recruit Kimani Lawrence adds to frontcourt depth and former Ohio State forward Mickey Mitchell should have an impact after sitting out the first eight games due to transfer rules.
The Skinny: The Sun Devils should move toward the upper half of the Pac-12 after adding much-needed frontcourt depth to go with its trio of senior guards. A postseason bid, maybe even the NCAA Tournament, could be within the Sun Devils' reach if things fall right.
SYRACUSE: Last season: 19-15, lost in second round of NIT
Who's gone: G Andrew White (18.5 points per game), F Tyler Lydon (13.2 points, 8.6 rebounds per game), G John Gillon (10.5 points, 5.4 assists per game), F Taurean Thompson (9.2 points), F Tyler Roberson (4.9 rebounds), F Dajuan Coleman (4.8 rebounds).
Who's back: G Tyus Battle is the lone returning starter and was third on the team in scoring as a freshman (11.3 points per game) and second in 3-pointers with 60. Junior G Frank Howard averaged 4.5 points and 3.6 assists with 38 steals as a sophomore and played in all but one game last season. F Matthew Moyer redshirted, and C Paschal Chukwu suffered an eye injury in December and did not play again.
Who's new: G Howard Washington, F Oshae Brissett, F Bourama Sidibe, F Marek Dolezaj, G Geno Thorpe, and G Elijah Hughes, who has to sit one year after transferring from from East Carolina.
The Skinny: Syracuse's 15 losses last season were the most in Boeheim's career, and with the departure of assistant coach Mike Hopkins and such a big turnover on the roster the Orange are an afterthought at best, picked in the preseason to finish 10th in the ACC. Syracuse was the top seed in the NIT last spring, which likely meant it was close to a berth in the NCAA Tournament. This team is younger but has more size, and with a veteran like Thorpe, a fifth-year senior who led South Florida in scoring (15.1 points) and assists (4.6), and the added experience of Battle and Frank Howard to help fill the void left by last year's fifth-year seniors (White and Gillon), an NCAA Tournament bid is not out of the question.
PREVIEW
Arizona State, Syracuse look to prove doubters wrong
 

To hear the NCAA Tournament selection committee tell it, Arizona State and Syracuse made the 68-team field before the calendar turned.

The fact that they will meet in a Midwest Regional play-in game in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday indicates how much slippage occurred in conference play.

Arizona State (20-11) beat tournament No. 1 seeds Xavier and Kansas in November and December and rose to No. 3 in the AP Top 25 as the last undefeated team in Division I before scuffling in the Pac-12. The Sun Devils had an 8-10 conference record and lost to Colorado in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament.

Syracuse's non-conference resume, while not as impressive at the top, included victories over NCAA Tournament teams Iona, Texas Southern and Buffalo and losses to Kansas and St. Bonaventure.

The Orange (20-13) were 8-10 in the saturated ACC and beat only one ranked team all year, Clemson, in the last home game of the season. The body of work was enough to give them the 36th and final at-large berth over Notre Dame, according to the committee.

"The message sent is that we look at games in November and December as much as February and March if they are against the same caliber of teams," tournament selection committee chair and Creighton athletic director Bruce Rasmussen told NCAA.com.

"It's definitely a factor of who you play. How did you do against the teams considered to be in the tournament?"

Arizona State made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014, although guard Shannon Evans II was there with coach Bobby Hurley and Buffalo in 2015. The Sun Devils lost five of their last six games but were 5-2 against NCAA Tournament teams, including victories over San Diego State, Kansas State and UCLA.

When the Arizona State logo popped up on the tournament selection show, players celebrated by jumping into the swimming pool at Hurley's house.

"Believe me, it was an excruciating three days. We knew it was going to be a very close decision," said Hurley, in his third season.

"Even though it was not looking promising an hour before, we still held out hope that our quality wins on the road and at neutral sites would pay off. That's part of a program philosophy of scheduling hard in the non-conference. We're in a power conference. We don't have to go to Kansas. But we did. It paid off."

Senior guards Tra Holder (18.4 points), Evans II (16.6) and Kodi Justice (12.6) led the Sun Devils in scoring. Evans led the conference with 91 3-pointers, Justice had 74 and Holder 66. Arizona State led the Pac-12 with an 83.5 scoring average and a plus-four turnover margin.

Syracuse, which has made the tournament 33 times in coach Jim Boeheim's 42 seasons, seemed equally as ecstatic.

"The locker room was the most excited I've ever seen our players in all the years we've been in there," Boeheim said.

"Our strength of schedule, something the committee has always talked about, we've been criticized for in the past. But of all the bubble teams, we had just about the strongest non-conference strength of schedule. Buffalo really obviously helped us there. They are really a good team. When you beat a team that is in the top 30 of the RPI ... if the name was different, everybody would be excited."

Buffalo (25-8) has a .596 RPI ranking as calculated ESPN, ranked No. 20 and ahead of Miami, Gonzaga and West Virginia among others.

Junior point guard Frank Howard is the only Orange player with tournament experience. A reserve on the 2016 Final Four team, the 6-foot-5 Howard is averaging 15.0 points and 5.0 assists per game.

Howard, 6-6 sophomore guard Tyus Battle (19.8 points) and 6-8 freshman forward Oshae Brissett (14.7 points, 8.8 rebounds) are the top three scorers, and it is hard to get them off the floor. Battle leads Division I players with an average of 38.5 minutes per game and Howard is second at 38.3. Brissett is sixth at 38.0.

Battle is the fifth player in Syracuse history to reach 1,000 points in his first two seasons, joining Lawrence Moten, Johnny Flynn, 2003 NCAA Tournament winner Gerry McNamara and Billy Owens. Battle broke Owens' record for average minutes played. Owens averaged 38.0 in 1992.

Behind freshman Malachi Richardson and senior Michael Gbinije, the Orange made the Final Four as a 10th seed in 2016 in its most recent tournament appearance before losing to North Carolina.

"Arizona State is a very good team," Boeheim said. "We're happy to be playing."


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