The dumbest things about the Syracuse vs. Duke ‘rivalry’ so far

On Saturday, the Syracuse Orange and Duke Blue Devils face off for the seventh time since SU joined the ACC. They’re tied 3-3 in those contests so far, with a fair amount of nonsense accompanying most of them.

Most of that nonsense has been pretty fun, and substantial portions of it could easily be classified as “dumb.” Below, we make an attempt to explore the dumb aspects, especially where they intersect with the fun ones.

The 2016 Syracuse-Duke box score

I mean, look at the thing. The most nonsensical part of it is the fact that four different Syracuse players scored exactly 14 points, obviously. But there’s so much more to this masterpiece. Tyler Roberson had 20 rebounds (a record for a…