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Cornell at Syracuse

Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 8:00 PM ET at JMA Wireless Dome. Cornell our rank 234 · 2-2; Syracuse our rank 52 · 2-1.

Who will win Cornell vs Syracuse?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Syracuse a 98% chance to beat Cornell, with a projected score of Syracuse 91, Cornell 68.

To winSyracuse 98%Cornell 2%
Projected score68–91Cornell, then Syracuse
Margin22.3Syracuse · no line posted
Total159.3no line posted
First half31–43Syracuse ahead 87%
Cornell by 10Evenby 10by 20by 30by 40Syracuse by 50Model: Syracuse by 22.3Cornell by 10by 10by 30Syracuse by 50Model: Syracuse by 22.3

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 90–100% have been right 95.4% of the time in 11,767 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
Syracuse
DotyG · 28 min14.57.22.315+ 46%
AnthonyG · 22 min14.12.22.015+ 44%
White Jr.F · 25 min12.26.90.710+ 64%
WilsonC · 24 min11.36.60.610+ 57%
Cornell
BecclesG · 21 min8.21.91.810+ 35%
GibsonF · 22 min8.05.31.310+ 33%
RafiqG · 21 min7.11.61.55+ 66%
NimaniG · 24 min6.71.71.95+ 62%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Gavin Doty: Cornell 4%Syracuse 96%

The white mark is the call with him: Syracuse 98%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsSyracuse without himChangeProjected score
Syracuse
Gavin Doty3.296%−270–89
Garwey Dual2.696%−270–89
Luke Wilson2.596%−270–90
Sadiq White Jr.2.596%−270–90

Change is in Syracuse's win chance, in points. Scores read Cornell, then Syracuse. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Cornell 2-2WLWL

    1. Nov 11L 64-88at St BonaventureDidn't cover +7.5 · Under 157.5
    2. Nov 8W 99-59vs Keuka
    3. Nov 5L 64-71at LehighDidn't cover −1.5 · Under 159.5
    4. Nov 2W 86-85vs Pepperdine
    Last 4
    2–2, scoring 78.2 and allowing 75.8
    Against the spread, this season
    0–2
    Totals, this season
    0 over, 2 under

    Syracuse 2-1WWL

    1. Nov 9L 80-83vs IndianaCovered +5.5 · Over 146.5
    2. Nov 5W 102-49vs C ConnecticutCovered −23.5 · Over 135.5
    3. Nov 2W 74-58vs New Haven
    Last 3
    2–1, scoring 85.3 and allowing 63.3
    Against the spread, this season
    2–0
    Totals, this season
    2 over, 0 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    CornellSyracuse
    Points scored per 100 possessions104.5 172nd116.2 35th
    Points allowed per 100113.0 311th100.7 68th
    Possessions a game72.3 49th70.4 222nd
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)51.1% 138th53.1% 34th
    Opponents' shooting49.6% 119th49.1% 72nd
    Turnovers, share of possessions17.9% 159th16.4% 23rd
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses29.6% 299th31.4% 206th
    Free throws per shot0.20 363rd0.28 76th

    The widest gap: Syracuse's offense (35th) against Cornell's defense (311th), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Cornell 31, Syracuse 43
    First-half margin
    Syracuse by 12.3
    First-half points, both teams
    74.7
    Projected second half
    Cornell 37, Syracuse 47
    Second-half points, both teams
    84.6
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Cornell, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 4 · 38.8 scored, 39.5 allowed
    Syracuse, first halves so far
    Led 3 of 3 · 41.3 scored, 24.7 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Cornell

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Anthony NimaniG246.71.71.90.7
    5+ pts 62% · 2+ reb 47% · 1+ threes 48%
    Quinn GibsonF228.05.31.30.3
    10+ pts 33% · 5+ reb 57% · 2+ ast 35%
    Jacob BecclesG218.21.91.81.0
    10+ pts 35% · 2+ reb 52% · 2+ ast 51%
    Mateen RafiqG217.11.61.51.6
    5+ pts 66% · 2+ reb 43% · 2+ threes 44%
    Kaspar SeppF184.94.02.10.5
    5+ pts 45% · 4+ reb 53% · 2+ ast 57%
    Mikehi WilliamsF174.83.20.50.4
    5+ pts 44% · 3+ reb 56% · 1+ threes 32%
    Ryan BurbachG153.51.90.40.8
    5+ pts 30% · 2+ reb 52% · 1+ threes 52%
    Jax AbalosF134.81.30.30.8
    5+ pts 44% · 2+ reb 36% · 1+ threes 53%

    Syracuse

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Gavin DotyG2814.57.22.31.4
    15+ pts 46% · 7+ reb 54% · 3+ ast 39%
    Garwey DualG268.72.93.90.6
    10+ pts 38% · 3+ reb 51% · 4+ ast 53%
    Sadiq White Jr.F2512.26.90.70.5
    10+ pts 64% · 7+ reb 51% · 1+ threes 40%
    Luke WilsonC2411.36.60.60.0
    10+ pts 57% · 7+ reb 47%
    Ryan MoeschG229.42.34.21.3
    10+ pts 44% · 2+ reb 61% · 4+ ast 58%
    Kiyan AnthonyG2214.12.22.01.4
    15+ pts 44% · 2+ reb 59% · 2+ ast 55%
    Mark MoranoF189.23.60.91.5
    10+ pts 42% · 4+ reb 46% · 2+ threes 42%
    Amarri MonroeF167.94.01.30.8
    10+ pts 32% · 4+ reb 53% · 1+ threes 52%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

    The game in numbers

    The matchup

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