Green Bay Phoenix

The Phoenix were underdogs in 24 games of 2025-26 and won ten of them, and backing them blind made 9.28 units; only 22 Division I teams returned more. Nine of those wins came at plus money.

The underdog that kept cashing

One unit on Green Bay as an underdog made 7.46 units, and only 24 Division I teams made more that way. The longest prices landed in Horizon League play: 72-54 at Purdue Fort Wayne at +310, 87-84 at Northern Kentucky at +285, 73-68 at Oakland at +245 and 71-67 at Robert Morris at +235. Before that came 67-64 over UC Santa Barbara at +250 in December.

January and February

Those two months made 11.04 units between them: 6-3 with seven covers in January, 5-3 in February. November had been the cost: 4-5, with 2.0 units lost, with road defeats at Kansas, Buffalo, St. Thomas and Minnesota.

Home floor

At home the Phoenix covered 8 of 12 and the moneyline made 4.69 units; only 19 teams made more at home. Away from Green Bay they covered 8 of 15 and made 4.59.

Favored, rarely

Green Bay was favored six times and covered five; only six Division I teams covered at a higher rate as favorites, with one more level. The one miss was an 89-82 home loss to Cleveland State at -360. Over the season the Phoenix covered 18 of 30, 60%.

The opponents

Purdue Fort Wayne was met three times and beaten three times, the last 64-56 in the conference tournament, with three covers and 4.56 units. Northern Kentucky lost twice to Green Bay, both times as the favorite, then won the third meeting 96-76 in the conference tournament to end the Phoenix season.

The total

Sixteen overs and 15 unders, with Green Bay scoring 74.82 points a game and allowing 74.85: as even as a total gets.

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