Gonzaga Bulldogs

The Gonzaga Bulldogs went 30-3 in 2025-26 and were favored in every game, yet one unit on them in all 29 priced games made 0.01 units. One 80-87 loss at Portland at -5000 erased what 17 other wins at -1000 or shorter had made.

Winning without paying

Gonzaga finished 30-3 in 2025-26, a win rate only four Division I teams beat. They were never an underdog; two other teams also went the season without being one. Four games had no moneyline, with Gonzaga laying 29.5 to 42.5 points. Across the other 29, one unit a game on the Bulldogs returned 0.01 units: 0.64 at home, 1.15 lost away, 0.52 made at neutral sites.

The Portland game

Eighteen times the Gonzaga price was -1000 or shorter, and 17 of those ended in wins. The one loss, 80-87 at Portland as 22.5-point favorites at -5000, cost a full unit, and those 18 games together finished 0.35 units down. The other two defeats came at shorter odds: 61-101 to Michigan on a neutral floor at -162, and 59-70 at Saint Mary’s at -135.

Against the line

Gonzaga covered 18 of 33, 54.5%: 8 of 15 at home, 6 of 10 away and 4 of 8 at neutral sites. The longest winning run was 15 games. Saint Mary’s split two meetings and covered both, the first a 73-65 Gonzaga home win that fell short of an 8.5-point spread.

The total

Twenty-two of 33 Gonzaga games went under, 66.7%, an under share topped by 18 Division I teams and matched by one. The Bulldogs scored 85.12 points a game, a mark 16 teams beat, and allowed 66.00, a mark 17 teams beat.

West Coast opponents

Santa Clara lost all three meetings, the third in the West Coast Conference tournament final; Gonzaga covered two of them. Oregon State lost both, the second in the semifinal.

After the season

In the NCAA tournament Gonzaga beat Kennesaw State and lost to Texas.

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