Syracuse Orange head coach Jim Boeheim returned from a 9 game suspension on January 8th and after a loss to North Carolina they had 4 days off, got in extra practice and not only have they won their 3 games since they covered by 11 points vs Boston College, by 30 points at Wake Forest and at 13.5 points AT Duke. It's no coincidence that prior to the 3 game win streak Syracuse allowed its previous 5 foes to shoot a combined 47% while the unique Boeheim D held the last 3 teams to 31.9%, 32.6% and held Duke to 37.1% (Duke came into game shooting 51% vs ACC). The Cavs are 5-3 SU and 6-2 ATS in conference action and all 3 wins and both cover occurred when Virginia shot over 51% - They will struggle to score against this Syracuse defense and this is too many points. Take Syracuse plus 9.5 tonight.