I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell. "Boombastic" - Shaggy
Virginia Cavaliers
72 – 59
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% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UVA -13.9 (-0.9) 150.0 (-19.0) 88% ✓
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% ✓

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 84 – 70 UVA
Dec 2, 2023 UVA 84 – 62 SYR
Jan 31, 2023 UVA 67 – 62 SYR
Jan 7, 2023 UVA 73 – 66 SYR
Jan 1, 2022 UVA 74 – 69 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%

Game Analysis

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