Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
Duke Blue Devils
79 – 59
FINAL Conference
Syracuse Orange
Atlantic Coast Conference · Cameron Indoor Stadium · January 22, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread DUKE -11.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total DUKE win
Actual DUKE +20 138 Won
Massey DUKE -13.9 (+6.1) — —
Massey Totals — 162.1 (-24.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 93% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DUKE -11.6 (+8.4) 155.8 (-17.8) 86% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DUKE -11.9 (+8.1) 158.8 (-20.8) 87% ✓
Baseline ML DUKE -11.9 (+8.1) 158.8 (-20.8) 86% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DUKE -13.0 (+7.0) 157.4 (-19.4) 87% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 17, 2026 DUKE 101 – 64 SYR
Feb 6, 2025 DUKE 83 – 54 SYR
Jan 3, 2024 DUKE 86 – 66 SYR
Feb 18, 2023 DUKE 77 – 55 SYR
Mar 10, 2022 DUKE 88 – 79 SYR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DUKE SYR
Overall 32-7 16-17
Conference 16-4 9-11
Home 15-3 11-5
Away 9-2 3-8
Neutral 8-2 2-4
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.1 77.4
Avg Pts Against 67.8 75.1
Massey 17.0 (#12) 6.6 (#80)
Bradley-Terry 2.71 (#25) 0.70 (#118)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.12 (#10) 0.77 (#119)
RPI 0.605 (#34) 0.529 (#121)
Shooting & Four Factors DUKE SYR
FG% 49.2% 45.9%
3PT% 36.7% 38.0%
REB / G 38.1 36.4
OREB / G 10.4 10.8
AST / TO 1.73 1.29
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.6% 53.3%
TOV% 14.4% 16.7%
ORB% 30.5% 30.4%
FT Rate 22.7% 23.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.7% 51.8%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 18.0%
DRB% 70.2% 68.8%
Opp FT Rate 12.5% 18.2%

Game Analysis

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