Bethune-Cookman Wildcats

The Wildcats were 3-10 through December, eight of those losses on the road as double-digit underdogs, then went 14-3 across January and February. The record and the price changed together: 3.86 units won on the moneyline in those two months.

The non-conference road

Before January, Bethune-Cookman played road games at Auburn, Miami, Dayton, Indiana, Missouri, Saint Louis, Arizona and Oklahoma State, every one of them with a spread of 16.5 points or more, and lost all eight; three still covered. The one upset was 76-73 at Ohio at +240. November and December together lost 5.5 units.

January and February

Fourteen wins in 17 and an eight-game winning streak from mid-January into February. The spread was less generous, 10 covers in 17, and some of the big home prices missed: 82-73 over Alcorn State laying 13.5, 82-76 over Prairie View A&M laying 10.5. February closed with two road wins as small underdogs, at Grambling and 82-79 at Southern at +114.

Home

At home the Wildcats went 10-1, covered 6 of 10 and made 1.59 units on the moneyline; only 76 Division I teams made more at home. The one home loss was 77-73 to Southern at -185. Favored 20 times over the season, they went 13-7 and covered 9.

Jackson State, beaten 85-48 at home in January, won the return game 91-86 in February with Bethune-Cookman laying 4.5 at -230; that same month Alcorn State won 57-55 at home against a -410 Bethune-Cookman price.

The over

The over landed 17 times against 12 unders, 58.6%, a rate bettered by just 39 teams. Bethune-Cookman scored 75.38 and allowed 76.94 a game.

How it ended

March was 0-2: 81-77 at Florida A&M at -142, and 71-67 to Prairie View A&M in the conference tournament at -218. Over the full season they covered 15 of 31 spreads, 48.4%.

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