I know I'll just look like a homer, but I'm pretty confident that Syracuse covers. They have definitely settled for too many jumpers, but that has been against teams who play zone against us. I don't think KState will decide to switch things up all of the sudden and play zone. If they do, I doubt they play it very well.

Against man to man we can get into the lane a lot easier and our play makers, especially Dion can create easier opportunities. Also, KState is a team that Syracuse can turn over and get out into transition against. That's when they are at their best, obviously and KState isn't really a smart, well disciplined team that will run their sets and burn clock. We struggle rebounding, but in the zone Fab wasn't the key guy getting boards anyway. It all comes down to our wings and Southerland/Fair/Kris are all more than capable of rebounding.

Good luck to everyone on KState, but I'm telling you we're not losing. You may sneak out a backdoor cover with the points.