Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Syracuse Orange
72 – 69
FINAL Conference
Miami Hurricanes
Atlantic Coast Conference · JMA Wireless Dome · January 20, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SYR -3.5 Away covered
O/U 159.5 Under
Money SYR -188 / MIA +145
Model Predictions
Spread Total SYR win
Actual SYR +3 141 Won
Massey SYR -0.9 (+2.1) — —
Massey Totals — 155.0 (-14.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 75% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 77% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SYR -2.3 (+0.7) 151.9 (-10.9) 61% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SYR -1.4 (+1.6) 151.7 (-10.7) 60% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SYR -2.7 (+0.3) 149.1 (-8.1) 62% ✓
Baseline ML SYR -2.3 (+0.7) 149.5 (-8.5) 62% ✓

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 24, 2026 MIA 85 – 76 SYR
Feb 12, 2025 MIA 91 – 84 SYR
Jan 17, 2023 MIA 82 – 78 SYR
Mar 5, 2022 MIA 75 – 72 SYR
Jan 6, 2022 MIA 88 – 87 SYR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SYR MIA
Overall 20-12 15-17
Conference 11-9 6-14
Home 14-2 11-6
Away 4-7 2-9
Neutral 1-3 2-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L10
Avg Pts For 75.4 75.8
Avg Pts Against 76.3 73.6
Massey 7.0 (#82) 9.8 (#51)
Bradley-Terry 2.05 (#38) 1.64 (#58)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.48 (#40) 2.01 (#65)
RPI 0.636 (#13) 0.565 (#77)
Shooting & Four Factors SYR MIA
FG% 43.6% 49.1%
3PT% 32.0% 39.6%
REB / G 35.8 37.2
OREB / G 9.7 9.6
AST / TO 1.03 1.22
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.0% 56.7%
TOV% 17.3% 17.6%
ORB% 26.5% 29.4%
FT Rate 24.0% 21.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.9% 49.0%
Opp TOV% 20.7% 18.0%
DRB% 67.3% 71.7%
Opp FT Rate 18.4% 14.8%

Game Analysis

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