ACC Tournament: North Carolina and Syracuse Tangle

Future Hall of Fame Coaches Square-off in ACC Tournament

The fans at Barclays Center see the Syracuse Orange and the 12th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels play in the late game of the 2018 ACC Tournament. This second round matchup is scheduled to tip-off around 9:30 pm EST. ESPN2 will have the coverage.

Oddsmakers have the Tar Heels favored by 7.5 points. The total is sitting at 141.

Syracuse won its first game of the ACC Tournament since joining in 2013-14. The Orange knocked off Wake Forest 73-64 on Tuesday in the opening round. The Orange lost to Miami, North Carolina State and Pittsburgh in their other first round matchups.

Marek Dolezaj had a outstanding game. He posted a career-high 20 points for his fifth double-digit scoring game this season. Tyus Battle entered the night as one of three ACC players averaging 20-or-more points-per-game. He got off to a fast start. Battle had 12 points in the first 11 minutes.

He connected on four of his first five shots from the floor. Battle only had one 3-pointer in the flurry.  He finished with 18 points to join Dolezaj in double figures. Five Orange players scored in double figures.

UNC Has History in ACC Tournament

The Tar Heels are 97-45 in the tournament in the program's storied history. They played 17 postseason games across the last two years. The totals were nine games in 2016 and eight more last year on their way to a national championship.

Carolina has won 18 ACC Tournament championships. The Tar Heels have played in the championship game a record 34 times.

UNC's postseason record the past two years is 15-2. This is the first time UNC has ever been the No. 6 seed in the tourney. This is the 56th time in 65 seasons the Tar Heels have finished in the top three in the ACC regular-season standings.

Carolina is 10-4 against Syracuse. They are 6-1 since the Orange joined the ACC. The Tar Heels have won the last six games. This will be the first meeting between the two schools in the ACC Tournament.

Joel Berry II is averaging 17.8 points per game. Luke Maye chips in 17.7 ppg as they lead Carolina in scoring. The last time two Tar Heels averaged 17 points or more in the same season was 1983-84. Michael Jordan averaged 19.6 ppg and Sam Perkins scored 17.6ppg.

Berry and Maye rank fourth and fifth in scoring in the ACC. The Tar Heels have two of the top five scorers in the ACC for the first time since 2012. Harrison Barnes threw down 17.1 ppg and was third in the league. ACC Player of the Year Tyler Zeller averaged 16.3 ppg and was fifth.

Maye is on pace to become the sixth Tar Heel to average a double-double in the last 40 years. The others were Brice Johnson in 2016, John Henson in 2011, Tyler Hansbrough in2008, Sean May in 2005, and Antawn Jamison in1998.

 

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Syracuse	20-12	14-16	67.81	64.12	3.69	8-9	4-6	14-16	6-11	6-4
North Carolina	22-9	16-13-1	82.97	74.03	8.94	10-4	4-6-1	17-12-1	10-3-1	5-6

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
SYRA	11.12	12.56	0.89
UNC	18.06	12.26	1.47

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
SYRA	11.97	25.47	37.44
UNC	14.00	28.68	42.68

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
SYRA	42.18	39.45	2.73
UNC	46.58	42.82	3.76

Team Records

Syracuse Orange

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	20-12	16-5	4-7	14-16	10-9	4-7	67.81	64.13	3.68
Last 10	5-5	3-3	2-2	6-4	4-2	2-2	64.80	67.00	-2.20
vs Conf	9-10	6-4	3-6	9-10	6-4	3-6	64.95	65.11	-0.16

North Carolina Tar Heels

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	22-9	14-3	8-6	16-13-1	11-5	5-8-1	82.97	74.03	8.94
Last 10	6-4	3-2	3-2	5-5	3-2	2-3	84.90	79.00	5.90
vs Conf	11-7	7-2	4-5	8-9-1	6-3	2-6-1	80.67	75.56	5.11

ACC Tournament Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	67.81	232	74.03	176
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	82.97	20	64.13	12

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Syracuse	2-6	4-3-1	5-3	72.25	33.50	43.17	32.88	60/187	8.25
North Carolina	6-2	3-4-1	5-3	76.75	36.13	47.08	39.63	43/148	7.13

Head To Head Detail

Date

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Feb 21, 2018	UNC	78	SYRA	74	4.5	SYRA	145.5	O	UNC	UNC	Push	41	32	44.6	43.1	38	34	8/22	8/23	9	4
Jan 16, 2017	SYRA	68	UNC	85	-14.5	UNC	152	O	UNC	UNC	SYRA	30	42	44.1	51.5	24	44	10/24	7/24	8	6
Apr 2, 2016	SYRA	66	UNC	83	-10	UNC	142.5	O	UNC	UNC	SYRA	28	39	40.9	53.8	31	43	8/25	4/17	8	6
Feb 29, 2016	SYRA	70	UNC	75	-12.5	SYRA	146	U	UNC	UNC	UNC	34	38	41.1	41.2	34	40	5/20	6/25	8	6
Jan 9, 2016	UNC	84	SYRA	73	7.5	UNC	152.5	O	UNC	SYRA	SYRA	33	33	52.5	42.9	33	35	3/16	9/31	8	5
Jan 26, 2015	SYRA	83	UNC	93	-10	Push	138.5	O	UNC	UNC	UNC	40	35	42.6	55.4	27	42	7/24	9/16	10	7
Jan 11, 2014	UNC	45	SYRA	57	-7.5	SYRA	137	U	UNC	SYRA	SYRA	22	34	39.2	35	35	41	2/12	4/19	8	9
Nov 20, 2009	SYRA	87	UNC	71	-1	SYRA	159.5	U	SYRA	UNC	SYRA	37	39	54.4	38.1	37	42	9/21	4/16	14	7

ACC Tournament Betting Trends

Syracuse Orange
Syracuse is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Syracuse's last 9 games
Syracuse is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing North Carolina
Syracuse is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing North Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Syracuse's last 6 games when playing North Carolina

North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of North Carolina's last 10 games
North Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Syracuse
The total has gone OVER in 5 of North Carolina's last 6 games when playing Syracuse

Team Last 5 Games

Syracuse Orange

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 6, 2018	WAKE	73-64	W	-3.5	135	W/O	54.76	79.31	4	H
Mar 3, 2018	CLEMS	55-52	W	0	124.5	W/U	30.19	85.00	6	H
Feb 28, 2018	BC	70-85	L	2	136	L/O	38.00	88.00	10	A
Feb 24, 2018	DUKE	44-60	L	13.5	142.5	L/U	31.48	66.67	6	A
Feb 21, 2018	UNC	74-78	L	4.5	145.5	W/O	43.10	94.12	8	H

North Carolina Tar Heels

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 3, 2018	DUKE	64-74	L	7.5	159	L/U	37.14	80.00	8	A
Feb 27, 2018	MIAMI	88-91	L	-10	151.5	L/O	54.39	65.00	13	H
Feb 21, 2018	SYRA	78-74	W	-4.5	145.5	L/O	44.62	80.00	8	A
Feb 17, 2018	LOUIS	93-76	W	-1	153.5	W/O	48.65	90.00	12	A
Feb 12, 2018	ND	83-66	W	-10	151.5	W/U	53.33	65.00	6	H

 

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