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Virginia Cavaliers
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FINAL Conference
Syracuse Orange
Atlantic Coast Conference · John Paul Jones Arena · February 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UVA -13.5 Away covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money UVA -1350 / SYR +800
Model Predictions
Spread Total UVA win
Actual UVA +13 131 Won
Massey UVA -12.1 (+0.9)
Massey Totals 151.8 (-20.8)
Bradley-Terry 93%
Weighted B-T 95%
Efficiency Plus ML UVA -11.8 (+1.2) 149.3 (-18.3) 87%
Baseline Tuned ML UVA -12.1 (+0.9) 147.8 (-16.8) 88%
Baseline ML UVA -11.7 (+1.3) 149.7 (-18.7) 87%
Baseline Plus ML UVA -13.9 (-0.9) 150.0 (-19.0) 88%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 9, 2025 SYR 8470 UVA
Dec 2, 2023 UVA 8462 SYR
Jan 31, 2023 UVA 6762 SYR
Jan 7, 2023 UVA 7366 SYR
Jan 1, 2022 UVA 7469 SYR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UVA SYR
Overall 30-6 15-17
Conference 15-3 6-12
Home 16-1 12-6
Away 8-2 2-7
Neutral 6-3 1-4
Last 5 4-1 1-4
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 80.4 75.0
Avg Pts Against 68.8 74.2
Massey 18.0 (#25) 8.9 (#67)
Bradley-Terry 3.22 (#19) 1.09 (#83)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.12 (#18) 1.64 (#76)
RPI 0.621 (#25) 0.535 (#102)
Shooting & Four Factors UVA SYR
FG% 47.0% 47.0%
3PT% 35.9% 33.7%
REB / G 41.6 35.0
OREB / G 14.2 10.6
AST / TO 1.61 1.18
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.2% 53.1%
TOV% 15.6% 16.2%
ORB% 40.0% 30.1%
FT Rate 25.1% 24.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.0% 48.0%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 18.9%
DRB% 70.6% 67.5%
Opp FT Rate 26.5% 25.2%

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