The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Atlantic Coast Conference · JMA Wireless Dome · January 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread SYR -1.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Under
Money SYR -110 / GT -110
Model Predictions
Spread Total SYR win
Actual SYR +7 117 Won
Massey SYR -1.4 (+5.6)
Massey Totals 158.9 (-41.9)
Bradley-Terry 70%
Weighted B-T 74%
Baseline Plus ML SYR -0.3 (+6.7) 154.7 (-37.7) 52%
Efficiency Plus ML SYR -2.5 (+4.5) 151.8 (-34.8) 57%
Baseline Tuned ML SYR -0.1 (+6.9) 152.5 (-35.5) 54%
Baseline ML SYR -0.4 (+6.6) 153.2 (-36.2) 51%

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 7, 2026 SYR 8272 GT
Feb 17, 2024 GT 6560 SYR
Mar 1, 2023 GT 9676 SYR
Jan 21, 2023 SYR 8063 GT
Feb 22, 2022 SYR 7473 GT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SYR GT
Overall 14-19 17-17
Conference 7-13 10-10
Home 11-6 14-6
Away 2-9 2-9
Neutral 1-4 1-2
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 74.7 73.1
Avg Pts Against 77.8 72.7
Massey 0.5 (#153) 3.2 (#113)
Bradley-Terry -0.17 (#187) -0.25 (#195)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.00 (#165) -0.18 (#182)
RPI 0.502 (#168) 0.471 (#224)
Shooting & Four Factors SYR GT
FG% 45.8% 45.0%
3PT% 29.6% 34.8%
REB / G 38.4 38.0
OREB / G 10.9 10.6
AST / TO 1.14 1.39
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.5% 51.5%
TOV% 17.3% 16.1%
ORB% 30.2% 29.7%
FT Rate 25.4% 23.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.0% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 14.2% 15.9%
DRB% 75.5% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.4% 23.9%

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