The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Atlantic Coast Conference · JMA Wireless Dome · January 24, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SYR -3.5 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Over
Money SYR -167 / FSU +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total SYR win
Actual FSU +16 154 Lost
Massey SYR -4.1 (-20.1)
Massey Totals 147.0 (+7.0)
Bradley-Terry 82%
Weighted B-T 83%
Efficiency Plus ML SYR -3.4 (-19.4) 150.4 (+3.6) 68%
Baseline Tuned ML SYR -3.8 (-19.8) 144.4 (+9.6) 67%
Baseline ML SYR -3.8 (-19.8) 143.7 (+10.3) 66%
Baseline Plus ML SYR -3.3 (-19.3) 148.4 (+5.6) 66%

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 14, 2026 SYR 9486 FSU
Mar 11, 2025 SYR 6662 FSU
Jan 4, 2025 FSU 9074 SYR
Feb 9, 2023 SYR 7667 FSU
Mar 9, 2022 SYR 9657 FSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SYR FSU
Overall 20-12 17-16
Conference 11-9 10-10
Home 14-2 10-7
Away 4-7 4-7
Neutral 1-3 3-2
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 75.4 76.5
Avg Pts Against 76.3 76.3
Massey 7.3 (#79) 7.0 (#84)
Bradley-Terry 2.14 (#32) 1.35 (#79)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.52 (#36) 1.71 (#80)
RPI 0.641 (#11) 0.584 (#51)
Shooting & Four Factors SYR FSU
FG% 43.4% 43.9%
3PT% 32.5% 32.6%
REB / G 35.9 35.3
OREB / G 9.8 10.7
AST / TO 1.09 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.0% 49.2%
TOV% 17.0% 16.4%
ORB% 26.7% 29.2%
FT Rate 23.5% 26.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.2% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 20.6% 21.2%
DRB% 67.9% 69.2%
Opp FT Rate 17.7% 27.8%

Game Analysis

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