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The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team travels east on I-90 to take on the Boston College Eagles in the first game of their “Battle of the Jims” tour to end the ACC regular season.
Opponent: Boston College Eagles
Location: Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Students: 14,600 students who think Mookie Betts was overrated
The 2019-20 Fake Nunes Equation of Tumult (#FNET)
You wanted something more ridiculous than RPI and the NCAA gave you NET. We give you more ridiculousness so we bring back the FNET metric.
Head Coach Bench Attire:
Jim Christian seems like a nice enough guy but this might be the worst HC outfit we’ve seen in the ACC this season.
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Jim Boeheim might have been trying to catch Tom Brady’s eye with his tie selection on Saturday.
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Advantage: Syracuse
NBA 2K Playability:
BC’s one of the worst shooting teams around so you’re more likely to make them your opponent than use them as your team.
Advantage: Syracuse
Basketball Program Hashtag:
None vs #WeAreBC
Are we the only ones
Advantage: Boston College
ACC Social Media Favorites:
Nik Popovic is back for this one and Jay Heath has endeared himself in his first season with the Eagles.
Advantage: Boston College
Boeheim Jacket Toss Meter
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2.83/10 It seems like after Saturday’s loss that Jim’s not going to be as tightly wound for this one....some might say he’s even a tad bit deflated heading into this game. Just a little pressure is off the team and people can spy the end coming.
Wrestling Theme Song for this game
For this rematch we go with Boston native Tommaso Ciampa and the appropriately named theme “No One Will Survive”. We’ve already seen the firing of Steve Addazio and it looks like Jim Christian’s days are numbered in Chestnut Hill. The pressure’s on BC’s sailing coach this Spring
Prediction:
Marek Dolezaj’s going to get back on track as BC extends on the Syracuse perimeter players. The Orange will watch a double-digit lead disappear late in the game but solid free throw shooting puts this one in the win column to the delight of about 5,500 Syracuse fans in Conte.