Syracuse Orange vs Louisville Cardinals Prediction, 3/2/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Syracuse Orange vs Louisville Cardinals

Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024

Location: KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, KY

TV: ESPN

The Syracuse Orange (19-10) are headed to KFC Yum! Center on Saturday where they will compete against the Louisville Cardinals (8-20).

The Syracuse Orange faced off with Virginia Tech and notched a win by a score of 84-71 in their last game. When talking about personal fouls, the Orange ended up with 8 and Virginia Tech finished the game with 11 personal fouls. They also made 6 out of their 20 tries from beyond the perimeter. Virginia Tech walked away from this one shooting 100.0% from the charity stripe by converting 3 of 3 shots. Furthermore, Virginia Tech pulled down 25 rebounds (7 offensive, 18 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Virginia Tech totaled 14 assists and had 4 steals for the matchup. With respect to the defense, Syracuse allowed 49.2% from the field on 31 of 63 shooting. They also recorded 18 assists in this game in addition to forcing 9 turnovers and having 8 steals. When talking about hauling in rebounds, they compiled 28 with 5 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the free throw line, the Orange knocked down 12 of their 12 tries for a rate of 100.0%. Syracuse finished the contest with a 56.7% field goal percentage (34 of 60) and knocked down 4 of 13 three-point shots.

Judah Mintz is someone who was a major contributor in this matchup. He shot 58.8% from the field and also totaled 6 assists. He was on the court for 40 minutes and also totaled 3 rebounds. He recorded 29 points on 10 out of 17 shooting.

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Syracuse enters this matchup with a win-loss mark of 19-10 on the campaign. They are giving up possession 11.2 times per game and as a group they commit 15.3 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Syracuse is collecting 33.7 boards per contest and has accounted for 404 assists so far this season, which is 113th in college hoops in terms of passing the ball. The Orange are shooting 33.3% on shots from downtown (200 of 601) and 72.6% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 76.6 points per contest (96th in D-1) while hitting 45.8% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Orange are able to force 14.8 turnovers every game and they draw 15.9 personal fouls. They are 303rd in the country in giving up assists with 408 conceded on the campaign. The Orange are allowing a field goal percentage of 45.6% (811 of 1,777) and they concede 37.8 boards per game as a group. They are giving up 34.2% on shots from downtown and they are ranked 269th in Division 1 in PPG allowed (74.9).

When they last stepped on the court, the Louisville Cardinals took a defeat with a final score of 84-59 when they faced Duke. With respect to team rebounding, Louisville permitted Duke to grab 42 in total (12 on the offensive glass). They finished the game shooting 50.0% from downtown by connecting on 11 of 22 and ended up shooting 9 of 16 from the free throw line (56.3%). The Cardinals allowed Duke to bury 32 of 57 tries from the field which had them at 56.1% in the game. When the final whistle was blown, the Cardinals finished shooting 23 for 56 from the field which gave them a rate of 41.1%. In the matter of 3-point shots, Louisville buried 3 of their 17 tries (17.6%). They were able to convert 10 of those for a rate of 52.6%. Duke committed 19 personal fouls for the matchup which took the Cardinals to the charity stripe for a total of 19 tries. They also turned it over 9 times, while recording 7 steals in this game. The Cardinals snagged 16 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 24 in the matchup.

Tre White pitched in for the Cardinals in this contest. He knocked down 7 of 11 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 63.6%, and tallied 3 rebounds. He had 15 points in his 35 mins on the court and totaled 1 assist for the contest.

Louisville has a mark of 8-20 so far this year. On the offensive side of the ball, the Cardinals are hitting on 43.4% from the field, which is 263rd in Division 1. Louisville has totaled 2,018 pts for the year (72.1 per game) and they collect 34.9 rebounds per game. Their rate of earning assists is at 11.1 times per game (324th in college basketball) and they turn the ball over 12.6 times per contest. The Cardinals have committed 16.5 fouls per game and they go 74.1% from the charity stripe.

The Cardinals defensively are ranked 338th in Division 1 in PPG given up with 78.8. They are forcing their opponents into 11.4 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 47.0% from the floor (344th in college basketball). The Louisville defense gives up 36.7% on shots from 3-point land (242 of 659) and opponents are making 73.6% of their free throw attempts. They allow 15.6 dimes and 34.8 total rebounds per game, ranking them 347th and 185th in those categories.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Syracuse

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