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Syracuse at North Carolina: Three Things to Watch

Okay, let’s try again: after COVID-19 forced Clemson to postpone UNC’s game against them that was scheduled for Saturday, UNC has found a game to replace it and will host 7-2 Syracuse tonight at 9:00 PM. The Orange have had a pretty successful start to the season, as their record shows, and their stability is remarkable given that head coach Jim Boeheim contracted COVID-19 early and they had several games, including one against UNC planned in December, postponed due to mandatory quarantine after facing an opponent who later had a member test positive (Whew!). But they also haven’t been heavily tested yet, and this will be a good measuring stick for both UNC and Cuse to see where they really are after some wins that could easily look like fool’s gold very quickly.