Indiana St Sycamores

The Sycamores went 11-21 in 2025-26 and covered 18 of 30 spreads, a rate 38 Division I teams beat. The road record was 3-12 and the road cover count 10 of 15.

Losing, covering

Indiana State covered 18 times and missed 12, 60.0%; 38 programs did better and five matched it. As underdogs the Sycamores covered 14 of 22 while winning five.

The road

Straight up they were 3-12 away, 8-7 at home and 0-2 at neutral sites. Against the spread the order flipped: 10 of 15 away, 66.7%, a rate 33 teams topped and 13 shared; 7 of 13 at home. The moneyline did not follow the spread: Indiana State’s road games lost 7.85 units over 14 priced; home games made 0.44 over 13.

The moneyline

One unit on Indiana State across the 29 priced games lost 9.41. The three longest prices cashed all came at home: 81-80 over Belmont at +270, 94-89 over Illinois State at +220, and 79-63 over UIC at +154. As favorites they were 4-4 and lost 2.2, including 74-81 to Alcorn State at -800 at a neutral site.

January and February

January went 1-8 and lost 5.8 units, yet covered 6 of 9. February: 1-6, 5.2 units down, inside a six-game losing run from 9 to 25 February.

Valparaiso and Murray State

Valparaiso beat the Sycamores three times; Indiana State covered two, including the 62-63 Missouri Valley first-round loss at +120. Murray State won both meetings, both covered by Indiana State.

The total

Indiana State’s 30 totals: 17 under, 13 over. The Sycamores scored 73.56 and allowed 74.47. December, 4-2 and 2.05 units up, was their best month.

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