Going into Tuesday night’s game against the North Carolina Tar Heels, we knew the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team had their work cut out for them on the boards. UNC was No. 2 in the country at 44.9 rebounds per game, and while Syracuse hasn’t looked terrible there (averaged 39.9 per), the team also has just two capable big men at the moment.
As we know now, Syracuse lost the game to UNC, 81-75. And they also lost the rebounding battle, 48-31; a result far more lopsided than you’d probably think given the final score.