You knew Syracuse was losing by nine, you just didn’t know how.
The Syracuse Orange wasted a career night from Cole Swider and dropped another heartbreaking game this season, this time to the North Carolina Tar Heels 88-79 in overtime. Both offenses were clicking throughout the game with the Orange shooting 49% from the floor, 40% from three and the Tar Heels shooting 39% from three.
Here’s our three takeaways from yet another winnable game from the Orange:
Avoiding Black
The game plan for Syracuse was simple.