Cleveland St Vikings

Only two Division I defences allowed more than the Vikings’ 85.94 points a game in 2025-26, and 19 of their 30 totals went over. An 11-22 record still returned 4.32 units on the moneyline.

Points against

Cleveland State scored 79.79 a game and conceded 85.94; the second figure ranked 363rd of 365. The total went over 19 times in 30, 63.3%: 21 teams had a higher over rate and two matched it.

Underdogs nearly every night

They were underdogs 27 times; 15 teams were underdogs more often and seven as often. As favorites, three games, they won one. The 27 underdog moneylines made 5.49 units, and January did most of it: 3-4 straight up and 10.8 units, on the back of an 85-79 win at Wright State at +900 on 21 January and an 80-78 home win over Youngstown State at +295.

Wright State came round three times, a Horizon League first-round game the last of them; Cleveland State won one and covered one, and that one +900 result left the three meetings 7 units up.

Against the spread

Twelve covers in 30, 40.0%: 4 of 12 at home, 6 of 16 on the road. February was the low point: seven defeats in nine, and just two covers. A 90-88 win at Milwaukee at +380 on 1 February was the month’s best result.

Who they could not beat

Detroit Mercy, Northern Kentucky and Robert Morris each won both meetings and covered both. IU Indianapolis, met three times including the tournament play-in, lost two.

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