Pepperdine Waves

Waves games went over the total ten times in a row from 24 January to 28 February 2025-26, after an earlier run of six straight unders; the season finished 15 and 15. Pepperdine took points in 29 games, a count just five teams in Division I exceeded.

Two halves of the total

From 21 November to 13 December six straight Pepperdine games went under, including 63-71 to Abilene Christian and 56-65 to Vermont. From 24 January to 28 February ten straight went over, among them 92-59 to Pacific and 95-87 at Portland. Over the whole season the total split exactly in half, and 29 other Division I teams shared that even rate.

Always the underdog

The Waves were favored once, a 90-79 win over New Orleans at -225. In 29 underdog games they won six and covered 13; the 28 priced underdog games lost 11.19 units, with 27 teams in Division I losing more as underdogs.

The late upsets were the best of it: 90-89 over Loyola Marymount at +180, 95-87 at Portland at +295 and 88-79 over Washington State at +280, all within 14 days.

Road against the spread

Away from home Pepperdine went 2-11 but covered 8 of 12, 66.7%; on road covers it trailed 33 Division I teams and tied 13. At home it covered 6 of 15, and the 15 priced home games lost 2.84 units. Against Gonzaga it went both ways: 96-56 at Pepperdine, a miss at +29.5, then 84-60 at Gonzaga, a cover at +28.5. Seattle U won both meetings, 83-81 and 87-80, and Pepperdine covered both, getting 12.5 and 7.5.

Portland

Portland was met three times; Pepperdine won two and made 3.05 units, then lost the third, 77-68 in the West Coast Conference tournament. For the season: 9-23, 14 covers in 29, a six-game losing run from 28 December to 10 January, and 10.75 units lost on 29 priced games.

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