‘CUSe BASKETBALL SYRACUSE (20-13) vs BAYLOR (19-13) March 21, 2019 Vivint Smart Home Arena Salt Lake City, Utah Andrew Catalon Matt Park Dana Grey John Sadak Steve Lappas Jim Satalin Tyler Aki Dan Dickau Lisa Byington vs. 2018-19 SCHEDULE (20-13, 10-8) Orange Earn 40th NCAA Invite 2018-19 Season 2018-19 November Syracuse (20-13) will meet Baylor (19-13) 20-13 W-L 19-13 2K Empire Classic at Syracuse, N.Y. in the irst round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, March 21, in Salt Lake City, 4-6 Last 10 4-6 6 EASTERN WASHINGTON W, 66-34 Utah. The foes are seeded eighth and ninth, 2-3 Last 5 1-4 10 MOREHEAD STATE W, 84-70 respectively, in the West Region. 69.7 PPG 71.7 2K Empire Classic at New York, N.Y. The two hoop programs have met twice 15 vs. Connecticut L, 76-83 previously and Syracuse has claimed both 65.7 OPP PPG 67.2 encounters. The Orange defeated Baylor in 16 vs. #13/16 Oregon L, 65-80 +4.0 Margin +4.5 the Dome on Dec. 12, 2006, 94-71. SU also 21 COLGATE W, 77-56 won against Baylor on Nov. 27, 2013 in the .424 FG % .440 ACC/Big 10 Challenge Maui Invitational, 74-67. .397 FG % DEF .422 28 at #16/16 Ohio State W, 72-62 Thursday night’s victor will play the December winner between top-seeded Gonzaga (30-3) .330 3PT % .340 and either FDU (20-13) or Prairie View A&M 1 CORNELL W, 63-55 .323 3PT % DEF .341 (20-12) on Saturday. 4 NORTHEASTERN W, 72-49 Syracuse Notes .681 FT % .674 8 GEORGETOWN W, 72-71 The Orange reached the 2018 NCAA Sweet 34.8 RPG 38.0 15 OLD DOMINION L, 62-68 16 before losing to Duke, 69-65. 18 #14/15 BUFFALO L, 59-71 Tyus Battle (17.2 ppg.), Syracuse’s top 37.1 OPP RPG 31.7 22 ARKANSAS STATE W, 82-52 scorer, is expected to return to action -2.3 Margin +6.3 after missing both ACC Tournament 29 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 81-48 games with an injury. 12.0 Assists PG 13.8 January Baylor Notes 12.5 Turnovers PG 13.3 5 at Notre Dame W, 72-62 Coached by Scott Drew, the Bears are led 9 CLEMSON W, 61-53 by swingmen Makai Mason (14.6 ppg.), a 1.0 A/TO Ratio 1.0 12 GEORGIA TECH L, 69-73 redshirt senior, and redshirt sophomore, 4.8 Blocks PG 4.8 and Mario Kegler (10.7 ppg., 6.0 rpg.). 14 at #1/2 Duke W, 95-91 OT Baylor was 10-8 in the Big 12 Conference. 8.3 Steals PG 6.1 19 PITTSBURGH W, 74-63 24 MIAMI W, 73-53 THE SYRACUSE TOP 9 26 #10/8 at Virginia Tech L, 56-78 2018-19 2018-19 30 at Boston College W, 77-71 No. Player Pos. Ht. Class PPG RPG No. Player Pos. Ht. Class PPG RPG February 25 Tyus Battle G 6-6 So. 17.2 3.3 13 Paschal Chukwu C 7-2 Sr. 4.3 5.4 2 at Pittsburgh W, 65-56 missed two ACCT games with lower back injury Career-best 18 rebounds and 10 points at Duke 5 #22/24 FLORIDA STATE L, 62-80 Third-team All-ACC Tallest player in Orange hoop history 9 BOSTON COLLEGE W, 67-56 13 at NC State L, 58-73 35 Buddy Boeheim G 6-5 Fr.. 6.9 1.6 21 Marek Dolezaj F 6-10 So. 4.1 3.6 20 #18/22 LOUISVILLE W, 69-49 Season-high 20 points vs. Pittsburgh (ACCT) Five assists in back-to-back wins vs. Pitt, Miami 23 #1/1 DUKE L, 65-75 Averaged 17.5 points, 4.0 rebounds in two ACCT games Season-high 10 points three times 26 at #5/5 North Carolina L, 85-93 23 Frank Howard G 6-5 Sr. 8.9 2.0 March 11 Oshae Brissett F 6-8 So. 12.4 7.5 2 at Wake Forest W, 79-54 18 points and 12 boards at Pittsburgh Career-high 28 points against Duke (ACCT) 4 #2/2 VIRGINIA L, 53-79 Three straight double-doubles vs. Pitt, FSU, BC Ninth in career assists at Syracuse (435) 9 at Clemson L, 67-55 5 Jalen Carey G 6-3 Fr. 3.6 1.6 33 Elijah Hughes F 6-6 RJr. 13.4 4.4 ACC Tournament, Charlotte, N.C. 13 vs. Pittsburgh W, 73-59 Career-high 26 points, 7 boards against UConn Career-high 22 points, 10 boards at Notre Dame 14 vs. #5/5 Duke L, 72-84 Debuted with 7 points, 6 rebounds versus EWU Leads team in 3-point average (2.5) NCAA Tournament, Salt Lake City, Utah Pronunciation Guide 35 Bourama Sidibe F 6-10 Fr. 1.9 2.7 21 vs. Baylor 9:57 p.m. Oshae Brissett o-SHAY Briss-SET Paschal Chukwu PASS-cal Chew-coo 11 points, 10 rebounds vs. Colgate Marek Dolezaj ma-WRECK DOUGH-le-zaage Bourama Sidibe boe-RAH-ma C-D-Bay Eight points, four rebounds at Clemson 2018-19 CUSE.COM ‘CUSe BASKETBALL March’s Best Frank Howard 5 games 12.2 ppg. 2018-19 ACC Standings 2.4 rpg. includes games of March 16 2.6 apg. ACC Overall Syracuse NCAA Tournament Notes Team W-L W-L 0.0 bpg. 1. Virginia 16-2 29-3 1.2 spg. NCAA Tournaments: 40 2. North Carolina 16-2 27-6 30.2 mpg. NCAA Tournament Record: 64-39, .621* 3. Duke 14-4 29-5 *record reflects 4 tournament wins vacated between 2004-07 and 2010-12 by the NCAA 4. Florida State 13-5 27-7 Frank Howard NCAA Championship: 2003 5. Virginia Tech 12-6 24-8 2018-19 Opponents in the NCAA Tournament: 6. Syracuse 10-8 20-13 March Orange Notes 7. Louisville 10-8 20-13 12 (Buffalo, Colgate, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, March 14: Frank Howard scored a 8. NC State 9-9 22-11 North Carolina, Northeastern, Old Dominion, Ohio 9. Clemson 9-9 19-13 career-high 28 points but it was not State, Oregon, Virginia, Virginia Tech) 10. Georgia Tech 6-12 14-18 enough as the Orange lost to #5/5 Duke 2018-19 Opponents in the NIT: 3 (Clemson, 11. Boston College 5-13 14-17 in the ACC Tournament quarterinals, Georgetown, NC State) 12. Miami 5-13 14-18 2018-19 Games vs. AP ranked teams: 10 (vs. 84-72. Syracuse rallied from a 17-point, 13. Wake Forest 4-14 11-20 irst-half deicit to tie the game in the Oregon, at Ohio State, at Duke, at Virginia Tech, 14. Pittsburgh 3-15 14-19 Florida State, Louisville, Duke, at North Carolina, 15. Notre Dame 3-15 14-19 second half, 46-46, before the Blue Devils Virginia, vs. Duke) earned the win. 2018-19 Players with previous NCAA ACC Postseason Berths Buddy Boeheim contributed 15 points Tournament Experience: 6, Tyus Battle (2017- NCAA Appearance Seed and Oshae Brissett added 14 points and 18), Oshae Brissett (2017-18), Paschal Chukwu Duke 43rd 1 seven rebounds versus the Blue Devils. (2017-18), Marek Dolezaj (2017-18), Frank North Carolina 50th 1 March 13: Despite trailing by 14 in the Howard (2015-16, 2017-18), Bourama Sidibe Virginia 23rd 1 irst half, Syracuse rebounded to defeat (2017-18) Florida State 17th 4 Virginia Tech 11th 4 Pittsburgh, 73-59, in the ACC Tournament Division I NCAA Tournament Wins Louisville 39th 7 Second Round. Buddy Boeheim had a Coach Schools Wins Syracuse 40th 8 career-high 20 points, including a stretch 1. M. KRZYZEWSKI Duke 94 Seven ACC teams, including a record-tying three of eight consecutive Syracuse points. 2. ROY WILLIAMS N. Carolina, Kansas 77 number-one regional seeds, are bound for the Frank Howard and Elijah Hughes each 3. Dean Smith North Carolina 65 2019 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament. tallied 18 points for the Orange. 4. JIM BOEHEIM Syracuse *56 The ACC is the winningest conference in March 9: Clemson used an 11-0, second- 6. Jim Calhoun Northeastern, Connecticut 49 NCAA Tournament history with a .657 winning 7. TOM IZZO Michigan State 48 percentage. half run to break open a tie game and 8. John Wooden UCLA 47 went on to defeat the Orange, 67-55. The NIT Seed 9. Lute Olson Iowa, Arizona 46 Tigers outrebounded Syracuse by 14 after Clemson 2 10. Bob Knight Army, Indiana, Texas Tech 45 NC State 2 the intermission. *record reflects 4 tournament wins vacated between 2004-07 Oshae Brissett led the Orange with and 2010-12 by the NCAA 15 points and seven rebounds. Buddy Active Coaches in CAPS Boeheim had 11 points off the bench. March 4: #2 Virginia set a Syracuse 2018-19 ‘Cuse Keys To Success opponent record with 18 3-pointers and Key Record defeated the Orange, 79-53. The Cavaliers Outrebound Opponent ..........................................11-0 made 18-of-25 of their 3-point attempts. Hold Opponent below 60 points ......................13-0 Syracuse led at the intermission and was Hold Opponents below 40% ..............................17-1 ahead, 43-42, when Virginia went on a 32-6 run that earned the triumph. 36-or-more rebounds ...........................................10-1 First Round, Tuesday, March 12 #12 Miami 79, vs. Wake Forest 71 Tyus Battle, Elijah Hughes, and Buddy Make 10-or-more 3-pointers ...............................8-1 #15 Notre Dame 78, #10 Georgia Tech 71 Boeheim each had 11 points for SU.