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Virginia Cavaliers
84 62
FINAL Conference
Syracuse Orange
Atlantic Coast Conference · John Paul Jones Arena · December 2, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UVA -10.5 Home covered
O/U 128.5 Over
Money UVA -800 / SYR +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total UVA win
Actual UVA +22 146 Won
Massey UVA -11.7 (+10.3)
Massey Totals 122.9 (+23.1)
Bradley-Terry 89%
Weighted B-T 90%
Efficiency Plus ML UVA -9.0 (+13.0) 128.6 (+17.4) 80%
Baseline Tuned ML UVA -7.7 (+14.3) 127.4 (+18.6) 79%
Baseline ML UVA -7.3 (+14.7) 128.4 (+17.6) 79%
Baseline Plus ML UVA -8.2 (+13.8) 127.9 (+18.1) 78%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 7, 2026 UVA 7259 SYR
Mar 9, 2025 SYR 8470 UVA
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 23-11 20-12
Conference 13-7 11-9
Home 15-2 14-2
Away 5-6 4-7
Neutral 3-3 1-3
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 62.9 75.4
Avg Pts Against 59.8 76.3
Massey 8.5 (#54) 3.0 (#119)
Bradley-Terry 2.00 (#46) 1.19 (#88)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.58 (#56) 1.89 (#81)
RPI 0.608 (#47) 0.600 (#55)
Shooting & Four Factors UVA SYR
FG% 44.0% 41.2%
3PT% 35.7% 29.9%
REB / G 32.1 36.7
OREB / G 8.0 11.3
AST / TO 1.65 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 46.5%
TOV% 14.1% 16.0%
ORB% 25.2% 28.5%
FT Rate 24.4% 22.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 39.9% 48.7%
Opp TOV% 24.1% 22.7%
DRB% 63.5% 64.7%
Opp FT Rate 17.3% 16.7%

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