No. 2 Syracuse cruises past floundering UNC

Posted Jan 11, 2014
No. 2 Syracuse beat North Carolina 57-45 Saturday in an ACC marquee matchup. Syracuse (16-0, 3-0) evened its all-time record against the North Carolina (10-6, 0-3) to 4-4. The loss to Syracuse equaled the worst conference start in school history in 1996-97, Dean Smith's final year as head coach. It was the fewest points scored by North Carolina since posting 44 in a loss to Duke in 1979. (ESPN.com)

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