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Rogers' Friday Night BEATDOWN >> 8-3-1 NCAAB Start! 9-2 Past 2 Days!
(NCAAB) Monmouth vs. Syracuse,
11/18/2016 2:00 PM, Score: 50 - 71
Point Spread: -12.00 | -115.00 Syracuse (Home)
Result: Win
Point Spread: -12.00 | -115.00 Syracuse (Home)
Result: Win
The set-up: Two of the biggest story lines of Selection Sunday 2016 was a middle-of-the-pack ACC team like Syracuse earning an at-large bid to the "Big Dance" while Monmouth, from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, becoming the team which was arguably considered the most notable snub by the NCAA Tournament committee. By the way, Syracuse rode its surprise bid all the way to the Final Four, while disappointed Monmouth, the top-seed in the NIT, lost its second game of that tourney at home to GW (note: The Colonials would go on to win last year's NIT!). It's only fitting then that these two schools meet in a mid-November game in the early going of the 2016-17 season.
Monmouth: Four starters return from last year's 28-8 team, including reigning Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year, the 5-y Justin Robinson (19.3-3.8-3.7 LY). He has scored in double figures in 54 of his last 60 games, opening this season averaging 13.0-3.5-4.0 in the team's 1-1 start. The other three returning starters are also averaging in double digits, led by 6-10 senior center Brady (15.5 7 9.0) plus guards Hornbeak (13.5 & 7.5) and Seaborn (14.0-3.0-3.5. It should come as no surprise that Monmouth was selected to finish first in the league this season in a poll of the league's coaches.
Syracuse: Gone from last year's Final 4 team are a pair of 5th-tear seniors in Gbinije (17.5-4.1-4.3) and Cooney (12.9) plus freshman Richardson (13.4) turned his excellent NCAA tourney into a first-round selection in the NBA draft. However, Syracuse was able to secure John Gillon, a graduate transfer from Colorado State, sign highly-toutered 6-10 freshman Taurean Thompson plus also got late word that 6-7 guard Andrew White, a graduate transfer from Nebraska, would be spending that year right here in Syracuse. The Orange are 2-0 and ranked 18th in the latest AP poll, with White averaging 18.0 PPG, Gillon 14.0 & 7.5 APG and freshman Thompson adding 6.5 & 5.5 off the bench. Starting forwards Roberson (15.0 & 5.)) and Lydon (9.5 & 6.0) are also off to solid starts.
The pick: Monmouth was 13-4 SU on the road last year but I strongly believe The Orange will look to put the Hawks "in their place" in this one. Syracuse is an 8* play.
Monmouth: Four starters return from last year's 28-8 team, including reigning Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year, the 5-y Justin Robinson (19.3-3.8-3.7 LY). He has scored in double figures in 54 of his last 60 games, opening this season averaging 13.0-3.5-4.0 in the team's 1-1 start. The other three returning starters are also averaging in double digits, led by 6-10 senior center Brady (15.5 7 9.0) plus guards Hornbeak (13.5 & 7.5) and Seaborn (14.0-3.0-3.5. It should come as no surprise that Monmouth was selected to finish first in the league this season in a poll of the league's coaches.
Syracuse: Gone from last year's Final 4 team are a pair of 5th-tear seniors in Gbinije (17.5-4.1-4.3) and Cooney (12.9) plus freshman Richardson (13.4) turned his excellent NCAA tourney into a first-round selection in the NBA draft. However, Syracuse was able to secure John Gillon, a graduate transfer from Colorado State, sign highly-toutered 6-10 freshman Taurean Thompson plus also got late word that 6-7 guard Andrew White, a graduate transfer from Nebraska, would be spending that year right here in Syracuse. The Orange are 2-0 and ranked 18th in the latest AP poll, with White averaging 18.0 PPG, Gillon 14.0 & 7.5 APG and freshman Thompson adding 6.5 & 5.5 off the bench. Starting forwards Roberson (15.0 & 5.)) and Lydon (9.5 & 6.0) are also off to solid starts.
The pick: Monmouth was 13-4 SU on the road last year but I strongly believe The Orange will look to put the Hawks "in their place" in this one. Syracuse is an 8* play.
