I know you're dissatisfied with your position and your place. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
NC State Wolfpack
88 68
FINAL Conference
Syracuse Orange
Atlantic Coast Conference · Lenovo Center · January 28, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NCSU -10.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Over
Money NCSU -650 / SYR +470
Model Predictions
Spread Total NCSU win
Actual NCSU +20 156 Won
Massey NCSU -12.3 (+7.7)
Massey Totals 156.0 (-0.0)
Bradley-Terry 84%
Weighted B-T 87%
Efficiency Plus ML NCSU -10.6 (+9.4) 152.5 (+3.5) 85%
Baseline Tuned ML NCSU -12.3 (+7.7) 151.5 (+4.5) 87%
Baseline ML NCSU -12.0 (+8.0) 151.9 (+4.1) 87%
Baseline Plus ML NCSU -13.1 (+6.9) 153.8 (+2.2) 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 27, 2025 SYR 7460 NCSU
Mar 13, 2024 NCSU 8365 SYR
Feb 21, 2024 SYR 8783 NCSU
Jan 28, 2024 SYR 7765 NCSU
Feb 15, 2023 SYR 7572 NCSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NCSU SYR
Overall 20-14 15-17
Conference 10-8 6-12
Home 11-6 12-6
Away 6-4 2-7
Neutral 3-4 1-4
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L2 L6
Avg Pts For 83.2 75.0
Avg Pts Against 76.3 74.2
Massey 17.5 (#26) 8.4 (#73)
Bradley-Terry 1.99 (#50) 0.92 (#94)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.75 (#46) 1.47 (#83)
RPI 0.584 (#49) 0.521 (#128)
Shooting & Four Factors NCSU SYR
FG% 47.6% 47.1%
3PT% 39.4% 33.5%
REB / G 35.9 35.4
OREB / G 9.8 10.6
AST / TO 1.70 1.15
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.5% 53.2%
TOV% 13.6% 16.7%
ORB% 28.3% 30.4%
FT Rate 27.4% 25.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 46.9%
Opp TOV% 20.2% 19.4%
DRB% 72.2% 67.4%
Opp FT Rate 26.5% 24.3%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.