Syracuse @ Seton Hall: The Pirates are an interesting team. They haven't beaten anybody (best win is Cornell) but their two losses are to two very good teams in Temple and West Virginia in OT. The Seton Hall offense seems to revolve around Jeremy Hazell and the 15 plus shots he puts up every game, yet three other guys average in double digits and they shoot fairly well from three (if Hazell didn't throw up so many threes at a 30% rate, maybe they'd be even better). This is an intriguing matchup, and I haven't been particularly high on Syracuse this year, so this may be a spot to go with an upset pick. However, I can't see how a team whose offense revolves around one guy taking over a third of his team's shots is going to take down a team as stout defensively as Syracuse has been this year. We'll see, though.
Pick: Syracuse 78, Seton Hall 71
Others:
Marquette @ West Virginia: The tests coming early and often for the Mountaineers. Welcome to conference play.
Texas Tech @ New Mexico: Two surprising squads go at it in a good late non-conference game.
Purdue @ Iowa, Penn St @ Minnesota: Big Ten conference play kicks off tonight as well.
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