Playbook: Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs Syracuse Orange

You don’t have to be a real basketball genius to know that if you turn the ball over 23 times and only make 17 shots in a game, you probably aren’t going to win. That’s exactly what happened to the Deacs on Saturday, as they lost their 17th game of the season to Syracuse by a score of 54-79. This game was pretty gross, so I’m just going to jump right in.

The turnovers in this game for the Deacs were pretty maddening. After all, it’s not like the Orange play an intense pressure defense—they mostly sit back in the zone and only trap a little if you throw the ball into the corner (more on this later). Way too many of our turnovers were completely unforced errors or just plain careless. Several…