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Roy Williams believes North Carolina has the tools to be among the best teams in the country, but it hasn’t always looked one in winning its first four games.

Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim, meanwhile, feels his squad is a long way from reaching its full potential, despite dominating victories in its first three contests.

In Friday night’s championship game of the 2K Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden, the sixth-ranked Tar Heels again try for a solid performance from start to finish against an Orange team coming off an impressive upset of another team in the AP Top 25.

Williams hadn’t been overly pleased with North Carolina’s sometimes lackluster play while getting off to a 3-0 start, but he couldn’t find much to be upset with early in Thursday’s 77-73 victory over No. 15 Ohio State in the semifinals of the tournament that benefits Coaches vs. Cancer.

The defending national champions went up by 10 just 6 minutes into the game and led by 19 with 10:23 to play, but couldn’t maintain that intensity. The Buckeyes stormed back and pulled within 75-73 on a 3-pointer by Jon Diebler with 11 seconds left.

North Carolina managed to avoid the letdown as Larry Drew II, who missed four of his previous six free throws in the final minute, made two from the line with 11 seconds left.

“We feel very fortunate,” Williams said. “We have a chance to be a very good basketball team, but I want it a lot sooner than it’s coming.”

While the Tar Heels had trouble finishing off Ohio State, the Orange had no problems thoroughly beating No. 13 California 95-73 earlier in the night.

Syracuse, which has won its first three games by an average of 31.3 points, built a 44-33 lead by halftime and put the game away with a 15-4 run early in the second half. Scoop Jardine scored a career-high 22 points and Wes Johnson finished with 17 and 11 rebounds as the Orange shot 57.1 percent from the floor.

Despite the impressive showing, Boeheim believes the team can improve.

“I think that we can still be better offensively,” he said. “Losing our three leading scorers from last year, we still have a long way to go.”

With the departures of Jonny Flynn, Eric Devendorf and Paul Harris, the Orange now will rely on Jardine, Johnson and Arinze Onuaku to lead the offense.

Johnson sat out last season after transferring from Iowa State and is expected to provide the same kind of inside-outside threat Syracuse had in Harris.

“I think we’re underrated,” said Jardine, who is playing pain-free after missing his sophomore season with a stress fracture in his left leg. “But you ain’t seen Wes, you ain’t seen me really, and that’s what you have to go by.”

The Tar Heels return just one starter from the team that beat Michigan State in April for the national title, but welcome back Marcus Ginyard, who missed most of last season with a stress fracture in his left foot.

Ginyard, who had four points in only three games last season, finished with 13 Thursday. It was his stifling defense that made the difference, forcing Turner to commit 10 turnovers.

Senior forward Deon Thompson, the lone starter from last season’s team, finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds against the Buckeyes for his second double-double of the season.

Thompson and the Tar Heels could have trouble in the paint against a Syracuse team that finished with nine blocked shots Thursday after recording 20 in its first two games.

These teams haven’t met since North Carolina’s 96-93 overtime victory on Nov. 21, 1987. ]]> Karma Bookie SLAYER69! http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-20-ncaa-bb-syracuse-vs-6-north-carolina-7pm-espn2-673429.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-20-ncaa-bb-15-ohio-state-vs-13-california-5pm-espn2-673427.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:01 GMT (15) Ohio State (2-1) at (13) California (2-1) It hasn’t been a smooth start to the season for California. Its next game doesn’t figure to get much easier with second-leading scorer Theo... (15) Ohio State (2-1) at (13) California (2-1)

It hasn’t been a smooth start to the season for California. Its next game doesn’t figure to get much easier with second-leading scorer Theo Robertson already ruled out.

The No. 13 Golden Bears meet their first ranked opponent Friday when they take on No. 15 Ohio State in the consolation game of the 2K Sports Classic.

California (2-1) returned four starters from last season’s team, which reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in three years. The Golden Bears were shaky in their opener, though, winning by only five points over Murray State. After seemingly working out some kinks in a rout of Detroit, they fell 95-73 to unranked Syracuse on Thursday.


Cal struggled through much of the game, allowing Syracuse to shoot 57.1 percent from the field and make 9 of 23 3-point attempts (39.1 percent). The Orange went on a 15-4 run early in the second half to put the game away after taking an 11-point lead into halftime.

“If we would have done a better job defending,” Cal senior Jerome Randle said, “then we would have won the game.”

Randle scored a game-high 25 points with five 3-pointers for the Bears, who were without Robertson. The senior forward, who averaged 18.0 points and shot 64.7 percent in the first two games, experienced swelling in his foot and it’s unclear when he’ll return.

“He won’t play tomorrow,” coach Mike Montgomery said. “We expected him to play, he wanted to play, but it got worse between the time we left Cal and got here.”

Jorge Gutierrez made his first start Thursday and had six points, shooting 2 of 6 from the floor.

The Bears, who expect to challenge for the Pac-10 title, don’t have much time to contemplate Thursday’s loss as they try to bounce back against Ohio State (2-1) and remain in the Top 25.

“Hopefully we respond well,” Randle said. “We just can’t be down right now. If you go into the game tomorrow thinking about this game we just lost, we’ll lose again.”

While California couldn’t keep up with Syracuse’s offense, it might have trouble putting up points against Evan Turner and the Ohio State defense.

The Buckeyes beat Alcorn State and James Madison by a combined 68 points in their first two games but couldn’t complete an impressive comeback attempt in a 77-73 loss to No. 6 North Carolina on Thursday.

The Buckeyes shot 29.0 percent in the first half and trailed by 19 with 10:24 to play. They pulled within two with 11 seconds left, but North Carolina made two free throws to seal the win.

“We obviously made a great comeback,” said coach Thad Matta, whose team had shot 50.0 percent in the first halves of its first two games. “We had a stretch where I think we lost our composure, and they were able to get it to a double-digit lead. … Hopefully we learned a lesson there getting ourselves ready to go right from the start.”

Turner, who recorded a triple-double in the season opener, had 23 points and 11 rebounds against the Tar Heels but committed 10 turnovers. He also struggled with foul trouble.

“It was a rough night obviously,” Turner said. “I just have to come out tomorrow … and I just have to make sure it never happens again. Sometimes I might have thought about the situation too much, whether I should shoot or pass, so I traveled here and there.”

Ohio State and Cal last met in the second round of the NIT in 2008 with the Buckeyes winning 73-56. Randle led Cal with 18 points in that game, while Turner finished with three points and four turnovers for Ohio State. ]]> Karma Bookie SLAYER69! http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-20-ncaa-bb-15-ohio-state-vs-13-california-5pm-espn2-673427.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/puddles-owes-me-karma-event-673415.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:57:06 GMT no one else bet on this or ill bomb the shit out of you no one else bet on this or ill bomb the out of you ]]> Karma Bookie 1500 http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/puddles-owes-me-karma-event-673415.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-mma-ben-killa-b-saunders-vs-marcus-irish-hand-grenade-davis-673301.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:06:30 GMT bet up pooseys! bet up pooseys! ]]> Karma Bookie miplank http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-mma-ben-killa-b-saunders-vs-marcus-irish-hand-grenade-davis-673301.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-mma-paulo-thiago-vs-jacob-christmas-volkmann-673299.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:04:25 GMT yup! yup! ]]> Karma Bookie miplank http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-mma-paulo-thiago-vs-jacob-christmas-volkmann-673299.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-mma-kendall-da-spyder-grove-vs-jake-rosholt-673297.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:02:05 GMT c'mon! ]]> Karma Bookie miplank http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-mma-kendall-da-spyder-grove-vs-jake-rosholt-673297.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-mma-tito-huntington-beach-bad-boy-ortiz-vs-forrest-griffin-673295.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:08 GMT Bring it! Bring it! ]]> Karma Bookie miplank http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-mma-tito-huntington-beach-bad-boy-ortiz-vs-forrest-griffin-673295.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-mma-josh-kos-koscheck-vs-anthony-rumble-johnson-673291.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:58:33 GMT let's go! ]]> Karma Bookie miplank http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-mma-josh-kos-koscheck-vs-anthony-rumble-johnson-673291.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-cfb-ohio-state-vs-michagin-12-00pm-abc-673289.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:57:49 GMT Ohio State vs. Michagin Ohio State vs. Michagin ]]> Karma Bookie SouthernLord http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-cfb-ohio-state-vs-michagin-12-00pm-abc-673289.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-mma-antonio-rogerio-minotoro-nogueira-vs-luiz-cane-673287.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:56:14 GMT Bet ngrs! Bet ngrs! ]]> Karma Bookie miplank http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-mma-antonio-rogerio-minotoro-nogueira-vs-luiz-cane-673287.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-cfb-minnesota-golden-gophers-vs-iowa-hawkeyes-12-00pm-espn-673285.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:55:51 GMT The Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Iowa Hawkeyes will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Kinnick Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Hawkeyes listed as 10-point... The Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Iowa Hawkeyes will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Kinnick Stadium.

Oddsmakers currently have the Hawkeyes listed as 10-point favorites versus the Golden Gophers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.


Iowa watched a 39-yard field goal spoil its Rose Bowl hopes, losing 27-24 to Ohio State in overtime at Ohio Stadium in Week 11.

Iowa covered as a 17-point road underdog while the final score pla OVER the 37.5-point total.

Current streak:
Iowa has lost 2 straight games.


Team records:
Minnesota: 6-5 SU, 4-6 ATS
Iowa: 9-2 SU, 7-3 ATS


Minnesota most recently:
When playing in November are 2-8
When playing on grass are 3-7
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing within the conference are 3-7

Iowa most recently:
When playing in November are 5-5
When playing on grass are 9-1
After being outgained are 7-3
When playing within the conference are 8-2


A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 8 games when playing Iowa
Minnesota is 6-15 SU in its last 21 games on the road
Minnesota is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Iowa
Minnesota is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Iowa is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home
Iowa is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Iowa's last 8 games when playing Minnesota
Iowa is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games ]]> Karma Bookie SouthernLord http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-cfb-minnesota-golden-gophers-vs-iowa-hawkeyes-12-00pm-espn-673285.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-cfb-north-carolina-tar-heels-vs-boston-college-eagles-12-00pm-espn2-673283.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:53:45 GMT The North Carolina Tar Heels and the Boston College Eagles will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Alumni Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Eagles listed as 3½-point... The North Carolina Tar Heels and the Boston College Eagles will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Alumni Stadium.

Oddsmakers currently have the Eagles listed as 3½-point favorites versus the Tar Heels, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

T.J. Yates had one touchdown pass to lead North Carolina to a 33-24 upset win over Miami in Week 11.

The Tar Heels covered the 3-point spread, while the final score pla OVER the day's posted total of 44.

Boston College scored a fourth-quarter touchdown to slip past Virginia, 14-10, at Scott Stadium in Week 11.

Boston College covered as a 4.5-point road favorite while the final score pla UNDER the 44-point total.

Current streak:
North Carolina has won 3 straight games.
Boston College has won 2 straight games.


Team records:
North Carolina: 7-3 SU, 4-4 ATS
Boston College: 7-3 SU, 6-3 ATS


North Carolina most recently:
When playing in November are 6-4
When playing on turf are 6-3
After being outgained are 5-5
When playing within the conference are 5-5

Boston College most recently:
When playing in November are 7-3
When playing on turf are 9-1
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing within the conference are 7-3


A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of North Carolina's last 6 games on the road
North Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
North Carolina is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
North Carolina is 6-16 SU in its last 22 games on the road
Boston College is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Boston College is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Boston College is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Boston College is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games


Next up:
North Carolina at North Carolina State, Saturday, November 28
Boston College at Maryland, Saturday, November 28 ]]> Karma Bookie SouthernLord http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-cfb-north-carolina-tar-heels-vs-boston-college-eagles-12-00pm-espn2-673283.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-cfb-duke-blue-devils-vs-miami-hurricanes-12-00pm-espnu-673281.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:51:10 GMT The Duke Blue Devils and the Miami Hurricanes will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Land Shark Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Hurricanes listed as 20-point... The Duke Blue Devils and the Miami Hurricanes will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Land Shark Stadium.

Oddsmakers currently have the Hurricanes listed as 20-point favorites versus the Blue Devils, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

Thaddeus Lewis totaled 212 yards passing, one touchdown and one interception for Duke in a 49-10 loss to Georgia Tech in Week 11.

The Blue Devils did not cover the 14-point spread, while the final score pla to a push.

Jacory Harris had one touchdown and 319 yards passing to go with four costly interceptions for Miami in a 33-24 loss to North Carolina in Week 11.

The Hurricanes failed to cover the 3-point spread, while the final score pla OVER the day's posted total of 44.

Current streak:
Duke has lost 2 straight games.


Team records:
Duke: 5-5 SU, 4-3-1 ATS
Miami: 7-3 SU, 5-4 ATS


Duke most recently:
When playing in November are 0-10
When playing on grass are 4-6
After being outgained are 3-7
When playing within the conference are 3-7

Miami most recently:
When playing in November are 3-7
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing within the conference are 5-5


A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Duke's last 14 games on the road
Duke is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Duke is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games
Duke is 5-20 SU in its last 25 games on the road
Miami is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games
Miami is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games


Next up:
Duke home to Wake Forest, Saturday, November 28
Miami at South Florida, Saturday, November 28 ]]> Karma Bookie SouthernLord http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-cfb-duke-blue-devils-vs-miami-hurricanes-12-00pm-espnu-673281.html http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-cfb-miss-st-vs-arkansas-12-20pm-673277.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:47:54 GMT This game is being played at the War Memorial Stadium - Little Rock, Arkansas This game is being pla at the War Memorial Stadium - Little Rock, Arkansas ]]> Karma Bookie SouthernLord http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/karma-bookie/11-21-cfb-miss-st-vs-arkansas-12-20pm-673277.html