Some Stats for Montana/Syracuse Matchup

Bob Meseroll and The Missoulian has put together a nice little piece looking at some of the stats on Montana and Syracuse. Some of my favorite nuggets from the piece.

– The eye test tells you that Montana has tightened its defense the past couple weeks. And at least one stat confirms it. The Grizzlies have held their past four opponents to less than one point per possession, their longest such streak this season.

– OK, forget numbers. There’s the Vermontana factor. The last time Syracuse faced a 13 seed in the tournament, it lost to upstart Vermont. And you can’t spell Vermont or Montana without “mont.” Just a thought.

Hopefully the "Mont" factor is working again!

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