Northern Iowa Panthers

No Division I team allowed fewer points than the Panthers in 2025-26, 61.26 a game. Twenty of their 34 totals went under, and they won the MVC tournament before losing in the NCAA first round.

Points allowed

Northern Iowa conceded 61.26 a game and scored 69.91. Unders beat overs 20 to 14, 58.8%: sixty schools went under more often and four as often, so the lean was real without being extreme.

Favorites, mostly

They were favored in 27 of 35 games, won 19 and covered 14. Laying the price on all 27 lost 1.87 units, much of it at home: 59-57 to Southern Illinois at -305, 69-61 to UIC at -290 and 71-69 to Illinois State at -225. The 16 priced home moneylines lost 2.04 units, with 8 covers in 16.

On the road it was 6-6 straight up but 8 covers in 12, including an 89-60 win at Murray State as +160 underdogs.

March

Five games, five wins: Drake to close the regular schedule, then Evansville, Illinois State, Bradley and UIC in the MVC tournament, two of those four covered. The NCAA tournament then ended it, a first-round defeat to St. John’s.

January was the weak month, 4-6 and 4.35 units down. Over 34 priced games, blind support lost 2.16 units; against the spread they covered 19 of 34, 55.9%.

Who beat them

Belmont and Southern Illinois each won both meetings and covered both. Illinois State, met three times, won two; Evansville lost all three.

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