In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Syracuse Orange
61 – 64
FINAL Conference
Clemson Tigers
Atlantic Coast Conference · JMA Wireless Dome · December 31, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CLEM -1.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money SYR +105 / CLEM -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total SYR win
Actual CLEM +3 125 Lost
Massey CLEM -2.7 (-0.3) — —
Massey Totals — 140.6 (-15.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 41% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 51% ✗
Baseline Plus ML CLEM -0.3 (-2.7) 138.2 (-13.2) 50% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CLEM -1.8 (-1.2) 136.3 (-11.3) 46% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SYR -0.4 (-3.4) 137.4 (-12.4) 54% ✗
Baseline ML SYR -0.7 (-3.7) 138.7 (-13.7) 53% ✗

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 23, 2025 CLEM 86 – 72 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 SYR CLEM
Overall 15-17 24-11
Conference 6-12 12-6
Home 12-6 13-3
Away 2-7 6-5
Neutral 1-4 5-3
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L6 L2
Avg Pts For 75.0 73.8
Avg Pts Against 74.2 66.7
Massey 7.0 (#86) 13.8 (#35)
Bradley-Terry 1.12 (#93) 2.17 (#47)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.07 (#73) 2.76 (#53)
RPI 0.515 (#139) 0.604 (#36)
Shooting & Four Factors SYR CLEM
FG% 46.7% 45.7%
3PT% 30.8% 33.6%
REB / G 36.5 39.3
OREB / G 11.5 11.6
AST / TO 1.22 1.60
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 52.9%
TOV% 15.7% 13.6%
ORB% 32.1% 33.4%
FT Rate 24.8% 29.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.6% 45.6%
Opp TOV% 21.2% 16.2%
DRB% 66.0% 74.5%
Opp FT Rate 22.5% 23.9%

Game Analysis

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