Santa Clara Broncos

The Broncos won 26 of 34 games in 2025-26 and 23 of 25 as favorites, and backing them blind in all 33 priced games still came out 0.09 units behind. Gonzaga was the one opponent they never beat.

Winning, at a price

Twenty-three wins in 25 games as favorites made only 2.71 units on those moneylines, because the prices were short. Each of the two defeats cost a full unit: 80-78 to Loyola Chicago on a neutral floor on 20 December at -1650, and 82-79 to Arizona State at -130 seven days earlier. As underdogs, eight games, they won two and lost 2.8 units.

Against the spread

Eighteen covers in 33, 54.5%. December was the exception, 4-3 straight up and one cover in seven, 2.42 units down; November (six covers in seven) and January (seven in nine) were the best months. Home was 14-1 with 9 covers in 14.

Gonzaga

Three meetings, three defeats: 89-77 away in January at +1000, which still covered, 94-86 at home at +195 in February, and 79-68 in the WCC final on 10 March. A day earlier Santa Clara had beaten Saint Mary’s 76-71 in the semifinal as +180 underdogs. Kentucky then won their NCAA first-round meeting.

Pacific lost all three of its games to the Broncos, who covered two; Loyola Marymount, Oregon State and San Francisco each lost both meetings, with Santa Clara covering every time.

Totals

Eighteen overs, 15 unders. The Broncos scored 82.85 and allowed 72.44, with a best run of nine straight wins.

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