The Virginia Cavs will face the Syracuse Orange in an Elite 8 battle on Sunday, and the Cavs come in as the undisputed favorite. These are two of the top defensive teams in the country, but unlike Syracuse, The Cavs can also score with the best of them. They lit up the Iowa State Cyclones for 84 points on 56.1 percent shooting in the Sweet 16, and I think the bookmakers have been a little too conservative with a low number in tonight's game. My money is on the over.

Here are my keys to the game:

1. Previous History - The Cavs have won the last three meetings in this series, and two of those three wins came by double-digits, and two of three games went over the number. The most recent meeting was a 73-65 home win for Virginia, shooting 56.8 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from three point range.

2. Three-Point Shooting - The Cavs shot better than 40 percent from beyond the arc this season, and they won nine of 10 neutral site games, hitting 42.8 percent of their three-point attempts. Junior guard London Perrantes is shooting 48 percent from beyond the arc this season, and he's 7-of-15 from three-point range in the tournament so far. The Orange are also a good three-point shooting team, hitting over 40 percent from beyond the arc on neutral sites this season.

3. X-Factor - The Orange have gone over in six of their last eight versus division rivals, and the over is 11-4-1 in Orange last 16 neutral site games.

Selection: This is a play on the Orange/Cavaliers to go OVER the total (10*