The Big Preview: Quick Turnaround as Virginia Hosts Syracuse

Ken Ruinard-USA TODAY Sports Virginia Basketball barely managed to eke out a win over the Yellow Jackets on Saturday night, needing some late game heroics to come out on top. That was their first close game in a while, good experience for later in the season.

Meanwhile, that same day, the Syracuse Orange dismantled the Hokies, giving the Hoos a full game lead in the ACC standings over FSU. Virginia Tech, ranked 18th coming into that game, looked overmatched at times against Syracuse’s trademark zone. That Hokie team is very young and inexperienced, which can be trouble against the Orange.

This Virginia team, as you well know, is neither young nor inexperienced. However, of Virginia’s…