Long Island University Sharks

The Sharks won 22 of their 25 games as favorites in 2025-26 and made 4.44 units doing it; just five teams nationally returned more as favorites. LIU lost once at home all season.

A reliable favorite, on the moneyline

Long Island’s three defeats as favorites all came on the road: 55-52 at New Haven at -340, 91-83 at Mercyhurst at -175 and 83-77 at Le Moyne at -130. At home they went 14-1, the only loss to Winthrop in a game with no moneyline, and the 14 priced home games returned 4.0 units, a figure 30 teams beat.

The spread is another matter

Against the number LIU went 17-17, and 12-13 as favorites. January shows why the two records part: 8-1 straight up but 3-6 on the spread, with wins of 60-58 over Mercyhurst at -8.5, 67-63 over Saint Francis at -15.5, 66-59 at Fairleigh Dickinson at -7.5 and 66-63 at Stonehill at -5.5. On the road they covered 8 of 19 and the moneyline lost 1.16 units on a 10-9 record. February went 7-2 straight up but 4-5 against the number and 0.66 units down, the New Haven and Mercyhurst defeats both in it.

Underdogs

LIU were underdogs nine times and won two, both on the road in November: 94-90 at IU Indianapolis at +160 and 75-61 at Missouri State at +180. The seven priced underdog games lost 1.6 units.

The tournament run

The Northeast Conference tournament went 3-0, all at home: Chicago State, Wagner and Mercyhurst, two of the three covered. Wagner lost all three meetings and LIU covered every one. The NCAA tournament ended at once, 92-58 to Arizona.

The total

LIU games stayed under 20 times and went over 14, an under rate 60 teams in the country topped. The lowest number of the season, 129.5, was the New Haven defeat, and it stayed under too.

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