SWC75
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I heard a discussion on the radio this morning that Syracuse's "magic number" is 70, that they needed to score that much and hold their opposition under that to win. I decided to look at the record:
Syracuse Orange Basketball 2017-18 Schedule - Orange Home and Away - ESPN
We've scored 70 or more points 18 times. We've won 14 of those games but still managed to lose 4 of them. Naturally, most of those wins were during the pre-conference schedule. We were 10-0 in games in which we scored 70+ during that portion of the schedule. We are 8-4 since.
We've held the opposition below 70 points 21 times. We are 15-6 in those games, 8-1 in the pre-conference schedule and 7-5 since.
We are likely to slow the tempo against Arizona State if we can, which would down their score and ours, too. If we score 70+ points they will probably score more than that.
I would suggest that our 'magic number' is whatever the oppostion scores +1.
Syracuse Orange Basketball 2017-18 Schedule - Orange Home and Away - ESPN
We've scored 70 or more points 18 times. We've won 14 of those games but still managed to lose 4 of them. Naturally, most of those wins were during the pre-conference schedule. We were 10-0 in games in which we scored 70+ during that portion of the schedule. We are 8-4 since.
We've held the opposition below 70 points 21 times. We are 15-6 in those games, 8-1 in the pre-conference schedule and 7-5 since.
We are likely to slow the tempo against Arizona State if we can, which would down their score and ours, too. If we score 70+ points they will probably score more than that.
I would suggest that our 'magic number' is whatever the oppostion scores +1.
