Northern Colorado Bears

One result made the Bears’ 2025-26 moneyline: 86-81 at Colorado on 28 December, at +950. Without it, the season’s 5.15-unit profit turns into a 4.35-unit loss.

One ticket at Colorado

Northern Colorado were 15.5-point underdogs at Colorado three days after Christmas. They won 86-81, and a unit on them paid 9.5. That one game is why December, a 3-2 month, returned 8.27 units.

Across all 28 priced games, backing the Bears to win made 5.15. Strip the Colorado ticket out and it is 4.35 down. As underdogs they went 2-4 and made 6.64; as favorites, 15-8 and 1.49 lost.

The January slide

After an 85-72 win over Idaho State on 8 January, the Bears lost six straight. January finished 3-7 straight up and 2-8 against the spread, 5.47 units down. Five of the seven losses were by five points or fewer, and five came as favorites, including 76-71 at home to Weber State at -270 and 93-89 at Sacramento State at -298.

February turned straight back: 6-1, five covers in seven and 2.45 units, closed by a 76-67 win at Idaho at +114.

Home, road and the spread

They covered 15 of 29 lined games, 51.7%. On the road it was 9 of 15; at home, 5 of 11. Moneyline away from home made 7.07 units over 14 priced games, level with one other team for 23rd in Division I; at home the same bet lost 0.14 over 11.

Big Sky rivals

Montana State won both meetings and covered both. Montana lost 85-57 in March and then knocked the Bears out of the Big Sky tournament, 95-89. Idaho lost both, and Northern Colorado covered both.

The total

Sixteen overs, 13 unders, with 82.5 scored and 76.53 allowed per game: no lean worth carrying.

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