I remember one night the kid cut off his right arm in a bid to save a bit of power. "So It Goes" - Nick Lowe
Clemson Tigers
86 – 72
FINAL Conference
Syracuse Orange
Atlantic Coast Conference · Littlejohn Coliseum · January 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CLEM -16.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money CLEM -1500 / SYR +850
Model Predictions
Spread Total CLEM win
Actual CLEM +14 158 Won
Massey CLEM -15.5 (-1.5) — —
Massey Totals — 148.4 (+9.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 95% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CLEM -13.4 (+0.6) 145.7 (+12.3) 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CLEM -13.4 (+0.6) 145.2 (+12.8) 88% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CLEM -12.8 (+1.2) 145.1 (+12.9) 88% ✓
Baseline ML CLEM -12.4 (+1.6) 145.4 (+12.6) 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

Dec 31, 2025 CLEM 64 – 61 SYR
Mar 6, 2024 CLEM 90 – 75 SYR
Feb 10, 2024 CLEM 77 – 68 SYR
Feb 23, 2023 CLEM 91 – 73 SYR
Jan 19, 2022 SYR 91 – 78 CLEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CLEM SYR
Overall 27-7 14-19
Conference 18-2 7-13
Home 15-2 11-6
Away 9-3 2-9
Neutral 3-2 1-4
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 76.1 74.7
Avg Pts Against 65.8 77.8
Massey 13.6 (#38) 1.5 (#139)
Bradley-Terry 2.75 (#25) 0.42 (#136)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.35 (#28) 0.70 (#120)
RPI 0.626 (#23) 0.527 (#130)
Shooting & Four Factors CLEM SYR
FG% 46.2% 45.2%
3PT% 38.9% 29.6%
REB / G 35.3 38.2
OREB / G 11.2 10.7
AST / TO 1.35 1.11
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.1% 50.0%
TOV% 16.2% 17.1%
ORB% 33.7% 29.3%
FT Rate 22.2% 24.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.3% 51.9%
Opp TOV% 20.4% 14.4%
DRB% 70.3% 74.9%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 21.3%

Game Analysis

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