St. Thomas Tommies

The Tommies won 24 of 33 in 2025-26, yet a unit staked blind across the 30 games with a price lost 2.82, and no calendar month finished in profit. Two of the nine defeats came against North Dakota at -850, each by one point.

A winning record, a losing moneyline

St. Thomas was favored in 25 of its 30 priced games and won 20. Those 25 favorite moneylines returned 0.23 units, a 0.9% return: the 20 wins paid 5.23 between them and the five losses took 5.0. By month the moneyline read -1.18 in November, -0.05 in December, -0.87 in January, -0.16 in February and -0.56 in March.

The five favorite losses

Three came at -800 or shorter: 80-88 to Cal State Fullerton at the Portland Invitational on 22 November (-800), then 80-81 at home on 29 January and 66-67 on neutral ground in the conference semifinal, both to North Dakota at -850. The other two were on the road in February, at Omaha (-205) and at Denver (-175).

North Dakota and South Dakota State

Against North Dakota: 1-2, one cover in three, 1.83 units lost; the win was 91-80 away on 15 January at -575. Against South Dakota State: 3-0, two covers, 1.73 units won, including 77-62 away at -105 on 4 February and 80-67 in the Summit League quarterfinal.

Against the spread

Fifteen covers, 15 misses. Laying points: 14 of 25, 56%. Getting points: one of five, 20%, a rate that four programs in the country fell beneath and one shared. At home St. Thomas went 14-1 straight up and covered six of 12 priced games.

Points and the total

The Tommies scored 82.67 points a game; 42 Division I teams scored more. Totals split 16 overs and 14 unders: no lean.

The season ended in the NIT first round, 52-67 at Seattle U on 17 March.

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