Radford Highlanders

The Highlanders covered seven of 11 road spreads in 2025-26 and six of 14 at home. Their moneyline was a losing ticket all year, down 10.67 units over 27 priced games, and 17 of 29 totals went over.

Better travelling than hosting

On the road Radford covered 63.6%; at home, 42.9%. The road losses kept coming in under the number: 89-74 at North Carolina getting 20.5, 76-75 at Winthrop getting 9.5, 86-77 at High Point getting 14.5. At home the worst misses were losses as favorites, 82-75 to Southern Miss and 91-72 to UNC Asheville.

A moneyline that never turned

One unit on Radford in all 27 priced games lost 10.67 units; only 42 Division I teams lost more. As underdogs the Highlanders won two of 12 and the bet lost 8.0 units. The one plus-money win of the whole season was 76-69 at South Carolina Upstate in late December, priced at +102.

November set the tone: 3-6, one cover in six, 4.96 units gone, including two neutral-floor losses as favorites at the same tournament, 92-59 to Wright State at -280 and 87-82 to Cleveland State at -380.

Thirteen of 28

Thirteen covers in 28 lined games, 46.4%. Favored 16 times, Radford won 11 and covered six. February was the best month on the spread, five covers in seven.

Big South pairs

Charleston Southern and South Carolina Upstate each lost twice to Radford, and Radford covered all four games. Winthrop beat them twice and still failed to cover either time, by one point and then by two.

The over

Seventeen overs and 12 unders, 58.6%; only 39 teams went over more often. Radford scored 81.38 points a game, and only 59 Division I teams scored more; it allowed 78.84. The season ended on an over too, 91-85 to Presbyterian in the conference tournament in March.

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