Duke vs Syracuse:
Entering the ACC Tournament as the overall No. 1-seed and the outright ACC regular season champion, No. 7 Duke battles Syracuse on Thursday in the quarterfinals at 12 p.m.
Syracuse
Syracuse entered the ACC Tournament on a 4 game losing streak but exorcised those demons against a hapless Florida State team. The Orange dominated the Seminoles winning 96-57. They were able to hold FSU to just 32.4% shooting including 8% from the 3-point line while shooting over 50% from the field themselves.
Cole Swider led the Orange with a game high 28 points, going 9-15 from the field and 4-6 from beyond the arc.
On the season Buddy Boeheim led the Orange in scoring with 19.3 points per game. Joe Girard was the leading assist man at 4.2 per game, adding 13.4 points tying him with senior Swider for second on the team. Swider also leads the team in rebounds at 6.6 per game.
Duke
Duke closed the season winning seven of its last eight games, including eight consecutive road ACC…