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North Carolina Central Eagles

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On the road in 2025-26 the Eagles won four times and covered nine, in 16 games. Howard won all three meetings with them, ending with the MEAC tournament final.

Road covers

Sixteen road games in 2025-26 brought North Carolina Central four wins and nine covers. Home games reversed it: 8-5 straight up, 3 covers in 9 lined games. At neutral sites they went 2-1 and covered all three.

The Eagles at home, away, as favorite and as underdogHome (13)won 8 (61.5%)covered 3 of 9 (33.3%)Away (16)won 4 (25.0%)covered 9 of 16 (56.2%)Favorite (10)won 7 (70.0%)covered 5 of 10 (50.0%)Underdog (18)won 3 (16.7%)covered 10 of 18 (55.6%)50%
2025-26 regular season. Neutral-site games are in neither home nor away. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Five of the road games had a spread but no moneyline, with the Eagles 29.5 to 42.5-point underdogs. They lost all five, 66-114 at NC State among them, but covered at Virginia, Dayton and Kentucky. Four more home games against non-Division I opponents had no line at all, so only 23 of the 32 games carried a moneyline.

The moneyline

Across those 23 games one unit a game lost 6.03 units. As favorites the Eagles went 7-3 and made 0.47; as underdogs, 13 priced games, they lost 6.50. The costliest favorite defeat was at home, 56-58 to Coppin State at -535.

One unit on the Eagles to win, every game0-6-4-2-6.03 unitsfirst gamelast game
Running total over 23 priced 2025-26 regular-season games, at the pre-game moneyline. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Three opponents, three times each

Delaware State went 0-3 against the Eagles, the third defeat a MEAC tournament semifinal, and failed to cover any. Maryland Eastern Shore also lost three times, including the quarterfinal at +110. Howard won all three: 83-69 on the Eagles’ floor at +130, 100-67 on Howard’s floor at +675, and 70-63 in the final, where North Carolina Central covered as 11.5-point underdogs.

The Eagles against the teams they played mostDelaware State Hornets3-0, covered 3Howard Bison0-3, covered 1Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks3-0, covered 2Coppin State Eagles1-1, covered 1Morgan State Bears2-0, covered 1Norfolk State Spartans1-1, covered 1South Carolina State Bulldogs0-2, covered 0
2025-26 regular season; dark is wins, light the games played. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Against the line

The season ended 14-18 with 15 covers in 28 lined games: 5 of 10 as favorites and 10 of 18 as underdogs. South Carolina State also beat them twice, covering both, the second 80-64 on the Eagles’ floor at -355. December went 1-5 straight up with 4 covers in 5.

The Eagles 2025-26 regular season, game by game2025-11-03 at NC State Wolfpack 66-1142025-11-07 at Virginia Cavaliers 62-812025-11-09 at App State Mountaineers 54-762025-11-12 v Bluefield State Big Blue 77-612025-11-14 at North Carolina Tar Heels 53-972025-11-18 v Toccoa Falls Eagles 123-672025-11-22 at Dayton Flyers 55-742025-11-25 at South Carolina Upstate Spartans 67-822025-11-29 v Carolina University Bruins 109-612025-12-03 at James Madison Dukes 62-672025-12-06 v North Carolina A&T Aggies 54-692025-12-09 at Kentucky Wildcats 67-1032025-12-17 v Mid Atlantic Christian Mustangs 96-622025-12-20 v Longwood Lancers 72-742025-12-29 at Penn State Nittany Lions 67-902026-01-03 v Norfolk State Spartans 69-672026-01-10 at Coppin State Eagles 88-772026-01-12 at Morgan State Bears 89-782026-01-17 v Howard Bison 69-832026-02-02 v Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks 65-632026-02-07 at Norfolk State Spartans 68-752026-02-09 v Delaware State Hornets 72-632026-02-14 v Coppin State Eagles 56-582026-02-16 v Morgan State Bears 80-762026-02-18 at South Carolina State Bulldogs 72-852026-02-21 at Howard Bison 67-1002026-02-28 at Delaware State Hornets 74-602026-03-02 at Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks 77-732026-03-05 v South Carolina State Bulldogs 64-802026-03-12 v Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks 83-762026-03-13 v Delaware State Hornets 59-532026-03-14 v Howard Bison 63-70Wins above the line, losses below; bar length is the margincovered the spreaddid not cover0
14-18 in 32 games. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

The total

Fourteen overs and 14 unders. The Eagles scored 71.84 points a game and allowed 75.47.

Questions and answers

Does North Carolina Central cover away from home?

It did in 9 of 16 road games in 2025-26, on a 4-12 road record.

How did the Eagles do against Howard?

0-3 in 2025-26, the MEAC tournament final included, with one cover.

How did North Carolina Central do against Delaware State?

3-0 straight up and 3-0 against the spread.

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