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Louisville Cardinals
77 – 62
FINAL Conference
Syracuse Orange
Atlantic Coast Conference · KFC Yum! Center · March 4, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread LOU -14.5 Home covered
O/U 159.5 Under
Money LOU -1350 / SYR +800
Model Predictions
Spread Total LOU win
Actual LOU +15 139 Won
Massey LOU -15.7 (-0.7) — —
Massey Totals — 160.4 (-21.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 87% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 91% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LOU -14.5 (+0.5) 158.7 (-19.7) 88% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LOU -14.9 (+0.1) 161.7 (-22.7) 88% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LOU -13.3 (+1.7) 160.1 (-21.1) 88% ✓
Baseline ML LOU -13.5 (+1.5) 157.9 (-18.9) 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

Jan 15, 2025 LOU 85 – 61 SYR
Mar 3, 2024 SYR 82 – 76 LOU
Feb 8, 2024 SYR 94 – 92 LOU
Jan 4, 2023 SYR 70 – 69 LOU
Feb 5, 2022 SYR 92 – 69 LOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LOU SYR
Overall 24-11 15-17
Conference 11-7 6-12
Home 15-2 12-6
Away 4-7 2-7
Neutral 5-2 1-4
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 84.3 75.0
Avg Pts Against 72.5 74.2
Massey 20.9 (#10) 8.3 (#75)
Bradley-Terry 2.65 (#28) 1.29 (#75)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.48 (#26) 1.71 (#76)
RPI 0.594 (#33) 0.532 (#109)
Shooting & Four Factors LOU SYR
FG% 47.0% 47.1%
3PT% 35.8% 33.7%
REB / G 39.4 34.2
OREB / G 11.7 10.3
AST / TO 1.45 1.17
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.5% 53.2%
TOV% 16.6% 16.0%
ORB% 33.5% 29.6%
FT Rate 26.2% 23.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.3% 50.0%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 17.8%
DRB% 73.5% 66.5%
Opp FT Rate 23.9% 24.5%

Game Analysis

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