Stat Comparison: #3 Louisville vs. #6 Syracuse

Mark BlankenbakerMarch 12, 2020

#3 seed Louisville Basketball is set to play the #6 seed Syracuse Orange in the 2020 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals in Greensboro, NC. Syracuse advanced past North Carolina in the ACC Tournament’s 2nd round.

The ACC Tournament (if it goes on at all) will be played without fans. The NBA suspended its season the NCAA Tournament and numerous other conference tournaments will be played without fans as a result of the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19.

If the game goes on, this is an opponent that Louisville was fantastic versus last month in the KFC Yum! Center. The best ball movement of the season came against the Syracuse Orange and its 2-3 zone. Can UofL re-capture some of that great ball movement? Will the game be played at all? We’ll see.

–	Louisville	Syracuse
Strength of Schedule (Ken Pom)	58th	63rd
PPG	74.1 (72nd)	74.1 (72nd)
Avg Scoring Margin	10.4 (14th)	4.3 (91st)
Field Goal %	45.3% (65th)	43.5% (166th)
Effective FG%	52.5% (51st)	50.5% (129th)
2-pt FG %	50.1% (139th)	51.2% (102nd)
3-pt FG %	37.6% (16th)	33.0% (184th)
FT %	73.1% (98th)	74.5% (68th)
Team Fouls Per Game	16.9 (120th)	16.3 (78th)
Opp Team Fouls Per Game	17.0 (228th)	17.7 (178th)
FT Attempted Per Game	18.6 (181st)	20.6 (82nd)
Opp FT Attempted Per Game	16.6 (84th)	17.8 (148th)
Opp Shooting %	38.9% (11th)	40.8% (53rd)
Opp Effective FG%	45.1% (13th)	48.7% (129th)
Opp 2-pt FG %	45.1% (32nd)	48.7% (148th)
Opp 3-Pt FG %	30.1% (33rd)	32.5% (132nd)
Rebound Rate	54.5% (21st)	49.2% (213th)
Assists Per Game	14.0 (82nd)	13.9 (85th)
Turnovers Per Game	12.1 (82nd)	11.5 (41st)
Blocks Per Game	2.7 (227th)	4.5 (33rd)
Steals Per Game	5.1 (303rd)	7.3 (70th)
Opp Turnovers Per Game	11.8 (275th)	13.8 (108th)
Opp Blocks Per Game	3.2 (169th)	2.8 (77th)
Opp Steals Per Game	6.0 (124th)	6.0 (124th)