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Indiana (-5) vs. Syracuse

Indianapolis, IN | 6:30 PM ET | FOX Sports 1

A major lever on this matchup is the physicality. Syracuse wins the backcourt physicality battle, but Indiana wins the frontcourt physicality battle behind its two 7-footers. The Orange probably don't have the shooters and/or spacing to truly weaponize Samet Yigitoglu's poor movement skills. And on the other end, no matter who Sadiq White ends up guarding, he's going to be giving up a bunch of weight. And it's the first big boy test for Luke Wilson as Syracuse's big man. If he gets into early foul trouble and SU is forced to play more Abdramane Siby or Tasman Goodrick minutes, it could be trouble.

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