Magic Number?

[SWC75]

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.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

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.

I'd say our magic number is really about what we hold the opposition to. Maybe someone could research what that number is...

 

[phreddie]

I'm gonna bet we're undefeated when we score more than 70, and hold our opponents to less than that.