Portland Pilots

The Pilots beat Gonzaga 87-80 at home at +1800 in 2025-26, and their home moneyline returned 20.59 units, the most in Division I. Away from home Portland won once in 13 games and covered twice, a road cover rate no Division I team fell below.

The Gonzaga night

Portland were 22.5-point underdogs to Gonzaga and won outright, a result worth 18 units on its own. Three weeks later Gonzaga won the return 89-48. Home underdog wins over Kent State at +270, Pacific at +136 and Seattle U at +142 added to it. At home the Pilots went 12-6 and covered 11 of 16, a rate 28 teams beat.

Without the Gonzaga game the season’s moneyline would have been 4.72 units down; with it, 13.28 up over 32 priced games, a return only 11 teams beat. February, 3-4 straight up, made 16.1 units.

On the road

Away the Pilots went 1-12 and covered 2 of 13; Memphis matched that rate and no team was lower. The road moneyline lost 8.9 units. The only road win was 71-58 at Loyola Marymount at +310; the defeats included 93-56 at Wyoming and 104-74 at Washington State.

The WCC tournament

At a neutral site Portland beat Pepperdine 77-68 and Washington State 74-68 at +200, covering both, then lost 82-65 to San Francisco. Pepperdine had won both regular-season meetings, the second 95-87 at Portland with the Pilots at -375, no Pilots defeat came at a shorter price.

Underdog and favorite

As underdogs Portland won 6 of 23, covered 9 and made 11.58 units. As favorites they won 7 of 9, covered 6 and made 1.7 units.

The total

Portland games finished under 18 times and over 14. The Pilots allowed 78.5 points a game; fifty-nine teams nationally gave up more. The highest total they were set, 164.5, came twice: under against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, over against Cal State Fullerton.

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