In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Syracuse Orange
84 – 71
FINAL Conference
Virginia Tech Hokies
Atlantic Coast Conference · JMA Wireless Dome · February 28, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SYR -1.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Over
Money SYR -125 / VT +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total SYR win
Actual SYR +13 155 Won
Massey VT -0.5 (+13.5) — —
Massey Totals — 150.6 (+4.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 73% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 71% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SYR -0.7 (+12.3) 150.8 (+4.2) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SYR -0.4 (+12.6) 149.2 (+5.8) 60% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SYR -1.3 (+11.7) 150.3 (+4.7) 60% ✓
Baseline ML SYR -1.5 (+11.5) 152.0 (+3.0) 65% ✓

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 22, 2026 VT 76 – 74 SYR
Mar 1, 2025 VT 101 – 95 SYR
Jan 29, 2023 VT 85 – 70 SYR
Jan 12, 2023 SYR 82 – 72 VT
Feb 12, 2022 VT 71 – 59 SYR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SYR VT
Overall 20-12 19-15
Conference 11-9 10-10
Home 14-2 15-2
Away 4-7 2-10
Neutral 1-3 2-3
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 75.4 74.9
Avg Pts Against 76.3 71.0
Massey 5.9 (#92) 9.7 (#53)
Bradley-Terry 1.79 (#49) 1.44 (#70)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.10 (#53) 1.88 (#62)
RPI 0.588 (#37) 0.554 (#81)
Shooting & Four Factors SYR VT
FG% 44.8% 46.0%
3PT% 32.9% 35.4%
REB / G 33.0 32.4
OREB / G 8.8 7.7
AST / TO 1.18 1.34
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.5% 53.5%
TOV% 15.8% 16.6%
ORB% 24.6% 25.3%
FT Rate 24.7% 27.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.7% 50.4%
Opp TOV% 20.9% 17.4%
DRB% 67.8% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 18.9% 21.8%

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