The Louisville Cardinals face the Syracuse Orange in the Big East Championship finale at 8:30 p.m. ET in Madison Square Garden. The Cardinals are the defending champions of the 2012 Big East title, now, it's time to put it on the defense against a Syracuse team that's on a roll. Check out the live stream available for what should be a memorable matchup.

Syracuse has played three games and survived some scares. They first defeated No. 12 Seton Hall 75-63. While that game proved easy, they battled to beat No. 4 Pittsburgh 62-59 and then once again barely survived against the No. 1 Georgetown Hoyas 58-55.

The 2012 champions avoided any upsets by putting away their competitors. They beat No. 7 Villanova 74-55 in the quarterfinals and then once again showed up in the semifinals and defeated No. 6 Notre Dame 69-57 Friday night.

Both teams split their 2013 matchups as Louisville dropped the first meeting 70-68. Louisville roared back in the second meeting as it became a low scoring matchup winning 58-53.

Statistically speaking, the Cardinals and Syracuse are pretty even in per game averages. They score more points averaging 73 per game and shooting .447 percent from the floor. The Orange are not too far behind scoring 71 points and .441 from the floor. To win this game, Louisville will try to keep Syracuse off the board as they ranked 20th in the league with 38 boards per game. Both teams are about passing the ball as Louisville averages 14.8 assists per game and Syracuse 14.6

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