Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

The Chanticleers won 10 of their 19 games as underdogs in 2025-26, and blind support over 31 priced games returned 18.45 units, behind only three programs nationally. A single result, 88-84 at Winthrop at +1000, was worth 10 of those units.

Ten underdog wins

The +1000 win at Winthrop, as 16.5-point underdogs, came less than a month after Coastal had already beaten the same team at home at +130. The other long prices: at Marshall 85-83 at +350, at Saint Joseph’s 68-62 at +260, at James Madison 69-68 at +225 and at Georgia Southern 79-75 at +215. As underdogs the season made 17.77 units and covered 12 of 19.

Away from home

Most of it came on the road: 10-7 away, 17.39 units, a road return only seven Division I teams beat. Without the Winthrop game the road moneyline was still 7.39 up. At home, 8-5, it made 1.49.

Month by month

December was 3-3 straight up and 11.05 units, Winthrop and Saint Joseph’s included. January added 3.99 and February 4.64 on a 6-2 record with six covers. November and the single March game, a 96-72 loss to Georgia Southern in the Sun Belt tournament at -122, were the only losing stretches.

Opponents and the spread

Coastal covered 18 of 31; 57 teams covered more often. Winthrop and Marshall lost twice each and Coastal covered all four, for 11.3 and 4.74 units. Georgia Southern won two of three. As favorites Coastal went 8-4 and covered 6 of 12, with home losses to Georgia State at -298 and Old Dominion at -192, both in early January. Coastal had beaten Old Dominion away at +145 in December.

The total

Seventeen overs and 14 unders. Coastal scored 73.31 a game and allowed 72.59, and its lowest total of the season, 132.5 at Louisiana, went over in a 69-65 win.

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