I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
Florida State Seminoles
57 – 96
FINAL Neutral Conference New York Life ACC
Syracuse Orange
Atlantic Coast Conference · Barclays Center (Neutral) · March 9, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread FSU -2.0 Away covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money FSU -140 / SYR +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total FSU win
Actual SYR +39 153 Lost
Massey SYR -1.3 (-37.7) — —
Massey Totals — 150.7 (+2.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 60% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 48% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SYR -1.1 (-37.9) 150.9 (+2.1) 50% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SYR -0.5 (-38.5) 149.7 (+3.3) 55% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML SYR -1.1 (-37.9) 150.4 (+2.6) 48% ✓
Baseline ML SYR -0.4 (-38.6) 150.9 (+2.1) 47% ✓

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
Jan 24, 2024 FSU 85 – 69 SYR
Feb 9, 2023 SYR 76 – 67 FSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings FSU SYR
Overall 17-14 16-17
Conference 10-10 9-11
Home 11-4 11-5
Away 4-8 3-8
Neutral 2-2 2-4
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.0 77.4
Avg Pts Against 71.9 75.1
Massey 5.6 (#101) 6.9 (#85)
Bradley-Terry 1.21 (#83) 0.82 (#112)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.04 (#107) 1.10 (#103)
RPI 0.539 (#101) 0.524 (#129)
Shooting & Four Factors FSU SYR
FG% 43.8% 45.0%
3PT% 34.2% 37.5%
REB / G 34.9 35.7
OREB / G 11.3 10.3
AST / TO 1.13 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.6% 52.3%
TOV% 18.3% 15.5%
ORB% 31.9% 28.5%
FT Rate 21.6% 21.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.9% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 21.3% 17.0%
DRB% 69.3% 67.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.0% 17.7%

Game Analysis

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