Wright St Raiders

The Raiders covered 10 of 14 road games in 2025-26 and 7 of 14 at home. Wright State won the Horizon League tournament and covered 20 of 32 over the season.

Better travelling

Wright State went 23-11, and its spread record was better away from home than in it. Away, the Raiders went 9-5 and covered 10 of 14, a road rate that 14 Division I teams topped and five matched. In their own gym the Raiders went 11-5 and covered 7 of 14. Over the full season it was 20-12 against the number, with only 20 teams ahead and three level.

Underdog value

Getting points ten times, the Raiders covered eight and won four. The longest price that came in was 92-59 over Radford at +230 in November, then 94-84 at Oakland at +180 in January. Only ten teams covered more often as underdogs, and one matched it.

Expensive home losses

The home losses as a big favorite were the costly ones: Cleveland State won 85-79 at Wright State on 21 January with the Raiders at -1600, and Detroit Mercy won 77-74 there on 12 February at -700. The moneyline still finished 2.33 units up over 32 priced games, 1.98 of it from favorites.

January was the best month, 7-1 and 3.87 units. March was 3-0 and 1.41 units.

The Horizon League run

Wright State beat Cleveland State 90-61, Northern Kentucky 103-90 and Detroit Mercy 66-63 for the tournament title. Northern Kentucky lost all three meetings and the Raiders covered all three. Detroit Mercy went the other way on the spread: Wright State won two of three and covered none. Robert Morris beat the Raiders twice. In the NCAA tournament, Virginia won the opening game against them.

The total

Seventeen Wright State games went under and 15 over: too close to lean either way. The Raiders scored 80.74 a game and allowed 73.44.

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