In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Atlantic Coast Conference · Purcell Pavilion · December 3, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread ND -6.5 Away covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money ND -300 / SYR +225
Model Predictions
Spread Total ND win
Actual SYR +1 123 Lost
Massey ND -10.0 (-11.0) — —
Massey Totals — 135.4 (-12.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 97% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✗
Baseline Plus ML ND -5.6 (-6.6) 136.7 (-13.7) 68% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ND -7.0 (-8.0) 136.0 (-13.0) 72% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML ND -5.0 (-6.0) 137.8 (-14.8) 77% ✗
Baseline ML ND -5.9 (-6.9) 137.1 (-14.1) 70% ✗

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 31, 2026 SYR 86 – 72 ND
Jan 18, 2025 SYR 77 – 69 ND
Dec 7, 2024 ND 69 – 64 SYR
Feb 24, 2024 SYR 88 – 85 ND
Jan 15, 2023 SYR 78 – 73 ND

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ND SYR
Overall 11-21 17-15
Conference 3-17 10-10
Home 11-8 11-7
Away 0-10 5-6
Neutral 0-3 1-2
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 69.6 74.1
Avg Pts Against 72.1 72.9
Massey 3.3 (#114) -0.5 (#195)
Bradley-Terry 1.40 (#71) -0.94 (#265)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.50 (#102) -1.03 (#246)
RPI 0.622 (#36) 0.485 (#200)
Shooting & Four Factors ND SYR
FG% 49.1% 42.9%
3PT% 36.5% 32.5%
REB / G 30.9 38.0
OREB / G 5.6 11.4
AST / TO 1.31 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.6% 47.7%
TOV% 13.5% 17.9%
ORB% 18.8% 31.1%
FT Rate 24.1% 21.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 48.2%
Opp TOV% 13.0% 19.7%
DRB% 78.3% 65.5%
Opp FT Rate 12.3% 15.4%

Game Analysis

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