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CBB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 12/15/2018Line$ LineOU LineScore
OLD DOMINION
 
SYRACUSE
+9  

-9  
+325

-450

124
 
68
Final
62

OLD DOMINION (7 - 3) at SYRACUSE (7 - 2)
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Saturday, 12/15/2018 12:00 PM
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607OLD DOMINION123.5123
608SYRACUSE-10.5-10
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
OLD DOMINION - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games7-3+0.66-43-765.630.040.6%40.156.626.235.8%35.3
Road Games1-3-3.41-31-359.529.237.7%38.760.226.539.5%35.5
Last 5 Games5-0+44-12-370.229.644.0%40.056.227.235.1%34.0
OLD DOMINION Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)65.630.023-5840.6%8-2335.1%11-1667.5%401012165104
vs opponents surrendering7233.425-5843.7%8-2234.2%14-1971.6%36813187133
Team Stats (Road Games)59.529.222-6037.7%8-2533.3%6-1158.1%39109165112
Stats Against (All Games)56.626.219-5435.8%7-2232.1%11-1665.8%35810164121
vs opponents averaging69.733.324-5841.8%7-2332.7%14-1971.5%36913186133
Stats Against (Road Games)60.226.521-5239.5%7-1936.4%12-1866.2%35611124121

SYRACUSE - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games7-2-0.84-53-671.930.242.2%38.162.228.738.7%35.7
Home Games6-0+23-31-572.331.542.9%42.355.825.736.0%34.8
Last 5 Games5-0+3.73-20-571.230.845.3%35.658.629.037.5%32.0
SYRACUSE Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)71.930.224-5742.2%7-2329.0%17-2569.5%381112198114
vs opponents surrendering71.932.225-6042.8%8-2432.4%13-1970.1%35913186134
Team Stats (Home Games)72.331.525-5842.9%6-2228.6%16-2564.9%421213159105
Stats Against (All Games)62.228.721-5438.7%8-2730.6%12-1770.9%36915195153
vs opponents averaging7534.426-5945.1%8-2434.5%14-1972.3%37915186133
Stats Against (Home Games)55.825.720-5636.0%8-3027.5%7-1163.2%35914194142
Average power rating of opponents played: OLD DOMINION 73.8,  SYRACUSE 75.4
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
OLD DOMINION - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
11/6/2018NAVY67-44W-14.5W130.5U20-5635.7%46814-5625.0%4114
11/9/2018@ ST JOSEPHS64-79L3.5L137O23-6237.1%36926-5448.1%358
11/16/2018*OREGON ST56-61L3L131U21-5836.2%351121-5141.2%4214
11/17/2018*KENNESAW ST65-47W-14W126.5U26-5844.8%451518-5632.1%3013
11/19/2018*N IOWA53-54L-2.5L126U20-6132.8%391018-4936.7%3513
11/23/2018N IOWA72-65W-6W123.5O25-5743.9%37823-5740.4%3411
11/28/2018VA COMMONWEALTH62-52W-3W128U21-6035.0%43917-4934.7%3514
12/1/2018JAMES MADISON67-42W-10.5W127.5U25-5545.5%421315-5228.8%3316
12/5/2018WM & MARY71-53W-8W137U27-5450.0%391521-6035.0%309
12/9/2018FAIRFIELD79-69W-15L133.5O26-5646.4%39722-6136.1%389
12/15/2018@ SYRACUSE              
12/19/2018@ RICHMOND              
12/22/2018MORGAN ST              
1/3/2019MARSHALL              
1/5/2019W KENTUCKY              

SYRACUSE - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
11/6/2018E WASHINGTON66-34W-18W136.5U24-6238.7%541013-5922.0%4319
11/10/2018MOREHEAD ST84-70W-22.5L136O28-6841.2%511428-7040.0%3712
11/15/2018*CONNECTICUT76-83L-7.5L136.5O26-6639.4%321128-5749.1%4620
11/16/2018*OREGON65-80L-2L136O18-5135.3%281725-5050.0%3518
11/21/2018COLGATE77-56W-17.5W136U26-6043.3%46918-5135.3%3016
11/28/2018@ OHIO ST72-62W4.5W138.5U22-4548.9%291315-4632.6%3111
12/1/2018CORNELL63-55W-21.5L139U21-4250.0%261020-4346.5%2514
12/4/2018NORTHEASTERN72-49W-12.5W138.5U26-6043.3%43717-5034.0%2911
12/8/2018GEORGETOWN72-71W-9.5L150.5U25-5843.1%34925-6339.7%4515
12/15/2018OLD DOMINION              
12/18/2018BUFFALO              
12/22/2018ARKANSAS ST              
12/29/2018ST BONAVENTURE              
1/5/2019@ NOTRE DAME              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
SYRACUSE: Last season: 23-14, lost in the Sweet 16 of NCAA Tournament
Nickname: Orange
Coach: Jim Boeheim, 43rd season
Conference: Atlantic Coast
Who's gone: F Matthew Moyer transferred after his redshirt freshman year and graduate transfer G Geno Thorpe left the team after six games.
Who's back: G Tyus Battle, the team's leading scorer last season (19.2), decided to return for his junior year after testing his NBA chances. He'll be joined by sophomore F Oshae Brissett, who's coming off an impressive freshman season (14.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, 38 minutes), senior G Frank Howard (14.4 points, 4.7 assists), sophomore F Marek Dolezaj (5.8 points, 4.8 rebounds), and C Paschal Chukwu (5.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 91 blocks). Also returning are: G Howard Washington, who's recovering from a torn ACL; F Bourama Sidibe, who had offseason surgery for tendinitis; and G/F Elijah Hughes, who had to sit last year after transferring from East Carolina.
Who's new: Boeheim welcomes a class that includes G Jalen Carey, F Robert Braswell, and Boeheim's youngest son, Buddy, a 6-foot-5 point guard who will wear No. 35, the same number his dad wore when he played for the Orange in the 1960s.
The Skinny: Last year Syracuse was picked in the preseason to finish 10th and pretty much lived up to the low expectations as injuries plagued a team that finished 8-10 in the ACC. But unlike the year before when Syracuse was the top seed in the NIT, meaning the Orange were the last team out of the NCAA Tournament, they managed to squeak in last March as the last team in and won three games to reach the Sweet 16, stunning Arizona State, TCU and Michigan State in low-scoring games before losing to Duke by just 4 points. This year's team is ranked 16th in the preseason poll, has the personnel to vie for a top spot in the ACC and, for a change, easily secure an NCAA Tournament bid.
Expectations: Las Vegas oddsmakers have Syracuse a long shot to win the NCAA Tournament, on par with Purdue and well behind ACC rival Duke and Kentucky, the top two favorites. ___
PREVIEW
Big men centers of attention as No. 25 Syracuse faces Old Dominion
 

Syracuse might not have a big problem against Old Dominion this Saturday in the Carrier Dome, but as the Orange move forward with their season, their long-term task is a tall one, in multiple senses of the term.

More than once over the past five weeks, Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim felt the need to pull starting center Paschal Chukwu from the floor in the first three minutes of a game. Boeheim is not fully comfortable with Chukwu and fellow big man Bourama Sidibe.

It is generally acknowledged that No. 25 Syracuse gains more at the offensive end of the floor when Marek Dolezaj plays center. Dolezaj passes the ball well and creates a more integrated offensive unit. He was a key cog in last March's run to the Sweet 16. He is a versatile and useful player in the right situations. However, he is not physically sturdy, as Boeheim explained after his team's 72-71 win over Georgetown last Saturday.

"He's going to make plays," Boeheim said to Syracuse.com in referring to Dolezaj. "But he's 173 pounds. What's the likelihood that he can play center? A spot here and a spot there? Yes. Against some teams? Yes. Not against (Georgetown's) Jessie Govan. He's too big and strong down there."

Dolezaj has made no secret about the physical challenges of playing center ... and his desire to not explore the subject in great detail.

"It's hard," Dolezaj said about his game against Georgetown. "I don't really want to comment on that."

After the Georgetown game, Boeheim emphatically shot down the suggestion of using alternative lineups as a way to circumvent Dolezaj's limitations.

"The only thing that would be worse would be to put Oshae (Brissett) at center," Boeheim said. "Of all the moves I could make in my lifetime, that would be the worst move that I could ever make. I would be better off playing Paschal at (point guard) than Oshae Brissett at center. But everyone has their ideas, it's a free world."

With Dolezaj being almost entirely unplayable against Georgetown, Chukwu played 24 minutes versus the Hoyas, collecting more playing time in order to bang with the 6-10 Govan in the low post.

"I thought Paschal was very good in the second half," Boeheim said. "I thought he made a big difference in there with his defense. Marek (Dolezaj) can play in the center a little bit but not against someone like Jessie. He's just too strong for him. But he gives us some minutes there."

All three of Syracuse's centers commit more than six fouls per 40 minutes. That foul-magnet identity is even more alarming in light of the fact that Syracuse has played just one top-100 team in offensive rebounding percentage: Connecticut ... and Syracuse lost that contest, 83-76.

"For us to be successful in the long run," Boeheim said, "our centers are going to have to play."

Old Dominion might not have the lineup that is uniquely constructed to exploit Syracuse's weaknesses, but the Monarchs have won five games in a row, the most recent one coming this past Sunday against Fairfield.

The winning streak has been fueled by the play of B.J. Stith, who has been named Conference USA Player of the Week in consecutive weeks. He scored 28 points in the 79-69 win against Fairfield. Teammate Ahmad Caver scored 12 points, dished out 12 assists, and collected six rebounds with no turnovers.

ODU head coach Jeff Jones expressed a cautionary note after the Fairfield game about his team's intensity:

"There were stretches where we had to really create our own energy," Jones said. "B.J. was fantastic and we kept going to him all game long."

B.J. Stith is the son of Bryant Stith, whom Jones coached over a quarter of a century ago at the University of Virginia. Bryant Stith is an assistant to Jones on the current Old Dominion staff.

Stith is a 6-5 guard, so he won't uniquely threaten Syracuse's big men. ODU is unlikely to challenge the Orange in the paint.

Nevertheless, Syracuse knows that it will need to cultivate its post players if it wants to maximize its potential this season. That process continues on Saturday against the Monarchs.


Last Updated: 3/28/2024 12:18:48 PM EST.


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