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Insider Intel: Syracuse's only shot

By Elena Bergeron
ESPN The Magazine

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Syracuse's amazing run hasn't slowed since the Big East tourney, and in fact, the upperclassman-led squad (four starters are juniors) is shaping up at exactly the right time. The Orange's 2-3 zone has battered shooters in the tourney, holding every opponent since UConn under 70 ppg, after giving up a 71.5 average for the season. But if they expect it to work against Oklahoma in the Sweet 16, they're kidding themselves. Zones are red meat for Blake Griffin -- he's got 26 double-doubles this seas ...

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