The Syracuse Orange play the Michigan Wolverines on Tuesday in the 2014 ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. ET. Watch the live stream or listen to the radio broadcast via the links provided below.
Michigan (5-1) won three straight before losing to Villanova last week, 60-55. The Wolverines bounced back, though, with a 91-62 blowout win over Nicholls and now face unranked Syracuse. A big part of why Michigan was able to rout Nicholls was the performance of junior guard Caris LeVert, who scored 24 points and dished six assists.
"Here's what's really special about him, and I've coached a lot of find young men; I'm talking about one of the best attitudes I've ever coached," coach John Beilein said of LeVert, via ESPN. "From top to bottom: about going to class, about being on time, about work habits, about love for the game, and we recruit good kids.
"He's up there with the ones you love coaching every single day because you seem to be on the same page with him ... You don't find that very often."
LaVert has stepped up in the absence of Derrick Walton Jr. (toe) and is averaging 17.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game.
Syracuse is also 5-1, snapping back from their 73-59 loss at California on Nov. 20 and stringing together three straight wins. Their latest victory came in a 72-48 blowout on Friday of Holy Cross.
"We learned a lot in New York," said coach Jim Boeheim. "We got our butts kicked and we learned something. We have a great game coming up next week. These games will help us get better. We have to keep playing good defense and try to get a little better on offense as we go along."
Watch the live stream HERE, or listen to the radio broadcast HERE (SYR) and HERE (MICH).
