This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
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% ✗
Baseline Plus ML SYR -3.3 (-19.3) 148.4 (+5.6) 66% ✗
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% ✗

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 94 – 86 FSU
Mar 11, 2025 SYR 66 – 62 FSU
Jan 4, 2025 FSU 90 – 74 SYR
Feb 9, 2023 SYR 76 – 67 FSU
Mar 9, 2022 SYR 96 – 57 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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