{"id":6451,"date":"2009-11-20T07:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/espn2-ncaa-basketball-handicapping-syracuse-vs-north-carolina\/"},"modified":"2009-11-20T07:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T12:57:00","slug":"espn2-ncaa-basketball-handicapping-syracuse-vs-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/espn2-ncaa-basketball-handicapping-syracuse-vs-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Handicapping: Syracuse vs North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Syracuse Orange and the North Carolina Tar Heels will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Madison<\/st1:PlaceName> Square<\/st1:PlaceName> Garden<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Scoop Jardine poured in 22 points to go with six rebounds and six assists on Thursday, leading Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> over California 95-73 in the opening round of the 2K Sports Classic. Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won the game as a pick’em, while the combined 168 points sailed OVER the posted total of 154.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Wesley Johnson added a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> was outscored in the second half but held on for a 77-73 victory over Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in the opening round of the 2K Sports Classic on Thursday. North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> covered the 2-point spread, while the 150 points made it OVER the posted total of 148. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Deon Thompson had 15 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double in leading the way. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.
North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 3-0 SU, 2-0 ATS
North Carolina: 4-0 SU, 1-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Syracuse most recently:
When playing on Friday are 9-1
Before playing Cornell are 6-0
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

North Carolina most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Gardner-Webb are 1-0
After playing Ohio State are 2-0
After a win are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games
North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Cornell, Tuesday, November 24
North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Gardner-Webb, Monday, November 23<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Syracuse Orange and the North Carolina Tar Heels will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Madison Square Garden. Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Scoop Jardine poured in 22 points to go with six rebounds … Continue reading ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Handicapping: Syracuse vs North Carolina<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}