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NEW YORK (AP) Jim Boeheim has always made a point of telling the media not to get too caught up in runs because basketball, especially on the college level, is a game of runs.

He could only smile as he was asked about Syracuse's 22-1 run to open the second half of an 87-71 victory over No. 6 North Carolina on Friday night in the championship game of the 2K Sports Classic.

"That's about as good as it gets," he said, "and it was against North Carolina and it was here." (MORE)

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Final	1	2	T
6 North Carolina	39	32	71
Syracuse	37	50	87

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Leaders	North Carolina	Syracuse
Points	E. Davis 16	W. Johnson 25
Rebounds	E. Davis 10	W. Johnson 8
Assists	L. Drew II 6	A. Rautins 7

Atlantic Coast
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Miami (FL)	0-0	4-0
9 Duke	0-0	3-0
22 Clemson	0-0	3-0
Wake Forest	0-0	3-0
25 Maryland	0-0	3-0
Florida State	0-0	2-0
North Carolina State	0-0	2-0
Virginia Tech	0-0	2-0
6 North Carolina	0-0	4-1
Boston College	0-0	2-1
21 Georgia Tech	0-0	2-1
Virginia	0-0	2-1
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Leaders
Points:	D. Thompson	15.8
Rebounds:	D. Thompson	8.8
Assists:	L. Drew II	6.4
FG%:	E. Davis	75.9%
FT%:	T. Zeller	81.3%
3P%:	M. Ginyard	50.0%
Steals:	M. Ginyard	1.8
Blocks:	E. Davis	2.6

Offense (Rank)
Points:	82.6 (52)
Rebounds:	13.2 (140)
Assists:	21.4 (9)
FG%:	51.5% (27)
FT%:	72.0% (104)
3P%:	36.1% (121)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	70.2 (193)
Rebounds:	28.2 (62)
Assists:	13.6 (228)
FG%:	41.1% (140)
FT%:	64.9% (127)
3P%:	38.6% (273)

Next 5
Date	Opp.	Record (RPI)
11/23	vs. G-Webb	2-0 (339)
11/29	vs. Nevada	1-1 (303)
12/1	vs. MSU	3-0 (117)
12/5	@ Kty	3-0 (178)
12/12	vs. Presby	0-2 (303)

Last 10
Date	Opp.	Final
11/20	@ Syr	L 71-87
11/19	@ OhioSt	W 77-73
11/15	vs. Valpo	W 88-77
11/11	vs. NCCent	W 89-42
11/9	vs. FIU	W 88-72

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	3-0
2	Michigan State	3-0
3	Texas	2-0
4	Kentucky	3-0
5	Villanova	4-0
6	North Carolina	4-1
7	Purdue	2-0
8	West Virginia	1-0
9	Duke	3-0
10	Tennessee	3-0
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	3-0
2	Michigan State	3-0
3	Texas	2-0
4	North Carolina	4-1
5	Kentucky	3-0
6	Villanova	4-0
7	Purdue	2-0
8	Duke	3-0
9	West Virginia	1-0
10	Butler	2-0
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