Now this is going to be a premier game when before the season started, this game looked a little different on Paper. Nobody expected buffalo to be a top 15 team and it is well deserved. Now they have to play a completely different style of team. Syracuse is quite unique these days playing a very methodical game and are somewhat offensively challenged. One thing that they do well is play some amazing defense utilizing the 2-3 zone used to frustrate the top high flying offenses in the ACC. Buffalo is an undefeated team who came into the year with lots of momentum after upsetting a very good Arizona team in last years NCAA tournament. Buffalo is a high flying offense themselves so I am going to make this easy. Buffalo hasn’t played anyone ranked minus an early West Virginia team without their best player from last year in Jevon Carter. Syracuse is coming off of a bad loss against Old Dominion and can’t afford another one. They also have had a much harder schedule playing Uconn, Oregon, Ohio State and Georgetown. The Orangemen know how highly ranked the Bulls are and will not take treat this team other than they would a top ACC team. I also think the venue will be a little to big for the Bulls with a very loud crowd and they should get feel the pressure leading to their first loss. My Kenpom Algorithm has this game 75 – 70 and that is why I am taking Syracuse small at -3.
Syracuse -3
