Navy Midshipmen

The Midshipmen covered 12 spreads in a row between 21 January and 28 February 2025-26, all eight February games among them. Over the season they covered 21 of 31; seven Division I teams did better.

The run

December had gone 5-0 straight up, with two covers in four lined games. From 17 January Navy won 14 straight. Twelve of those wins, starting on 21 January, also beat the number, among them 84-56 over Army at -10.5, 72-49 over Lehigh at -9.5, 78-51 at Loyola Maryland at -6.5. February finished 8-0 straight up and 8-0 against the spread.

Defense

Navy allowed 63.79 points a game, and only four Division I teams allowed fewer. Even so the totals did not lean hard: 17 unders and 14 overs. On the road 9 of 14 went under; at home 6 of 15.

As a favorite

Favored 26 times, Navy won 23 and covered 18. One unit on each of the 26 favorite moneylines made 3.8; only 11 teams in Division I did better as favorites. Away from home Navy covered 10 of 14, a rate 14 teams beat.

Patriot League opponents

Navy beat Bucknell three times and swept Army, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Loyola Maryland two games each, covering both meetings against five of those six. Only American, 65-51 winners in January, and Boston University beat the Midshipmen inside the league.

How it ended

The winning streak ended in the Patriot League semifinal, 73-72 to Boston University at home at -310, the shortest-priced defeat of the season. Boston University had lost both earlier meetings. Navy then lost 82-72 at Wake Forest in the NIT first round.

November had been the weak month, 4-5 with four covers and 4.18 units lost, including a 97-68 home loss to Yale at +225. As underdogs all season Navy won once in five, and those moneylines lost 3.05.

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