I love it when you call me Big Poppa "Big Poppa" - Notorious B.I.G.
Atlantic Coast Conference · McCamish Pavilion · February 17, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SYR -2.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money GT +115 / SYR -150
Model Predictions
Spread Total GT win
Actual GT +5 125 Won
Massey SYR -1.2 (+6.2) — —
Massey Totals — 149.6 (-24.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 33% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 23% ✗
Baseline Plus ML SYR -1.2 (+6.2) 147.4 (-22.4) 48% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SYR -0.7 (+5.7) 147.0 (-22.0) 57% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SYR -0.9 (+5.9) 145.9 (-20.9) 51% ✓
Baseline ML SYR -1.0 (+6.0) 146.0 (-21.0) 48% ✗

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 7, 2026 SYR 82 – 72 GT
Jan 8, 2025 SYR 62 – 55 GT
Mar 1, 2023 GT 96 – 76 SYR
Jan 21, 2023 SYR 80 – 63 GT
Feb 22, 2022 SYR 74 – 73 GT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GT SYR
Overall 14-18 20-12
Conference 7-13 11-9
Home 8-7 14-2
Away 4-9 4-7
Neutral 2-2 1-3
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 71.0 75.4
Avg Pts Against 75.2 76.3
Massey 1.5 (#143) 6.0 (#93)
Bradley-Terry 0.45 (#134) 1.78 (#51)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.27 (#151) 2.15 (#52)
RPI 0.511 (#153) 0.595 (#36)
Shooting & Four Factors GT SYR
FG% 41.8% 44.6%
3PT% 32.4% 32.7%
REB / G 38.0 33.6
OREB / G 11.7 8.9
AST / TO 1.07 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.3% 50.3%
TOV% 17.4% 16.2%
ORB% 31.6% 24.7%
FT Rate 20.9% 24.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.2% 52.3%
Opp TOV% 13.3% 20.8%
DRB% 69.2% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 25.2% 18.2%

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