Marquette Golden Eagles

The Golden Eagles covered 3 of their 14 games as favorites in 2025-26, and just 18 teams in Division I covered a smaller share laying points. Getting points they covered 10 of 18, and our Marquette predictions above weigh that split.

Laying points

Marquette was favored 14 times, won eight and covered three. Two of the three covers came against spreads above 20 in November. In the seven Big East games where it laid points, Marquette covered once, 70-55 over Butler. A unit on the moneyline in those 14 favorite games lost 4.2; only 20 teams lost more as favorites.

The home defeats as favorites were Maryland 82-89 at -380, Georgetown 69-78 at -305, Dayton 71-77 at -250, and DePaul 51-62 at -218.

Marquette’s 13 covers

The record was 12-20 and the cover count 13 of 32. December was the low: one win in six and no cover in six, 4.94 units lost.

The moneyline, and March

Over 31 priced games Marquette lost 9.3 units. Seventeen home games finished at exactly zero; 12 road games lost 7.3. March was the one profitable month, 3.6 units, from wins at Providence, 78-56 at +150, and over UConn, 68-62 at +410. In January an 86-62 home win over Creighton also came as an underdog, at +110.

Big East opponents

Xavier was met three times and never covered against: an 87-89 loss in the Big East tournament first round ended the season. UConn split with Marquette, and Marquette covered both. Villanova won both meetings by three, with Marquette covering each time. DePaul also won twice, and Marquette covered neither.

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