Syracuse Orange vs Virginia Cavaliers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 02/07/26

The early afternoon slate includes an ACC tilt between the Syracuse Orange and the Virginia Cavaliers. Syracuse comes into this game struggling, having dropped 5 of their last 6 games. Virginia is in a battle for the ACC title, sitting at 8-2 in the conference and trailing only Duke and Clemson. It seems like a game that the Cavaliers should win, and probably win comfortably, but I am not convinced I want to play this spread line. After all, Virginia has not been blowing out opponents lately, for the most part, and that isn’t really their style. Instead, I prefer the game total under 147 in this spot.

Virginia’s style of play is exhausting for opponents. The pack line defense is gone, but this is still an elite defensive team. Now, they chase you furiously and try to force opponents into quick, bad shots. Once they get the ball, they play slow and force opponents to guard for 30 seconds. If you don’t make those quick looks against the Hoos, the game can turn into a grind. Syracuse has some talented guards, and they should be able to hold up to the pressure, but the Orange are not a great shooting team, and Virginia just doesn’t give up a lot of open jumpers. Syracuse is a good defensive team in their own right though, and it might be enough to keep them in this game. I project this one more in the 75-65 range. I’ll take the under.

Syracuse vs Virginia Prediction: Under 147 (-110) available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.