Syracuse Basketball: Pitt Panthers crystal ball predictions

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - JANUARY 08: Xavier Johnson #1 of the Pittsburgh Panthers directs his teammates during the second half of their game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Dean Smith Center on January 08, 2020 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Pitt won 73-65. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

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Paul A. Esden Jr, Site Expert (11-8)

Syracuse has a chance to win five in a row with a win vs Pittsburgh.

It’s been a tale of two halves of the season. In the beginning, the Orange looked like a lost cause. Now they look like a red-hot team that is destined for the NCAA tournament. Although it’s worth noting according to the latest analytics, Syracuse isn’t even in the March Madness conversation yet.

Bluntly Pittsburgh isn’t very good offensively and defensively they’re the second-best team in the conference behind Virginia.

In other words if the Orange can get up early on the Panthers, that may be all she wrote.

A few keys to watch out for:

Free Throws Matter! Try to keep Bourama Sidibe going (tied a season-high with 12 points in the last game vs Notre Dame). Quite frankly he showed moves underneath the cylinder that many of us didn’t think he was capable of. Yet he found a way to make it happen and was perfect from the field going -for-6.

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