ESPN: Most Likely Giants to Fall: Syracuse Orange (37.2 percent) Nearly all of Cuse’s scoring margin comes from free throws; the Orange have attempted a whopping 249 more than their opponents this season, which means one bad ref could take them down. Their turnover gap also goes the wrong way, as they surrender the ball on 20.2 percent of possessions but take it away on just 18.8 percent (which ranks 275th in the country). And their relative lack of size allows opponents to grab offensive rebounds on 36.3 percent of possessions (277th). These factors didn’t doom the Orange in 70 minutes of hoops against UConn on Thursday night, but they do make Syracuse vulnerable to an upstart.
