Virginia dominated the lone regular season meeting between these teams winning by 25, but that matchup happened more than a month ago. They have been trending in opposite directions lately, with Syracuse playing its best basketball of the season and shooting well from the perimeter as of late. The Orange are riding a winning streak that could propel them into the NCAA Tournament. They desperately need a win in this game to punch their ticket. Virginia had some bad performances over the last few weeks and is not the same defensive team that we are used to. Syracuse has enough offensive firepower to pull off this upset so we'll gladly take the plus 5.5 pts in this early tipoff.