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How do basketball teams prepare for the Carrier Dome? We asked ACC guys

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse's men's basketball team has a 565-114 record in the Carrier Dome. That means the Orange has won 83 percent of its games beneath the big bubbled roof.

The Orange wins a lot in the Dome because a) the program has been historically good (SU ranks sixth in all-time Division I basketball wins), b) as a Power 5 program it can afford to pay opponents to play there and maybe, possibly, c) because the building itself presents unique challenges for opposing teams.

We talked with a few ACC players and Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner on ACC Media Day to arrive at a completely unscientific look at why it's difficult for opposing teams to win games inside the dome.