Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders

The Islanders beat the spread 16 times in 29 during 2025-26, a cover rate 95 programs bettered. Their moneyline lost 5.56 units, and 5 of them went in November.

November on the road

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi opened with five road games against SMU, Tarleton State, Kansas, Oklahoma State and Xavier, and lost all five, by margins of 8 to 31 points. Their two November wins came against non-Division I sides with no price posted, so the month went 2-5 and cost 5 units, almost all of the season’s 5.56. From December on, over 24 priced games, the moneyline lost only 0.56.

The spread

Sixteen covers and 13 misses. As favorites the Islanders won 10 of 15 and covered 9; the moneyline on those 15 games came out exactly level. As underdogs they won 4 of 14, at Lamar at +136 and at UT Rio Grande Valley at +124 among them, and covered 7. Away from home they covered 9 of 16, at home 5 of 11.

The finish

The season ended on five straight covers, four of them wins: at SE Louisiana 73-68, Northwestern State and East Texas A&M at home, and LSU New Orleans in the Southland tournament quarterfinal, then a 60-58 semifinal loss to Stephen F. Austin at +6.5. March went 3-0 against the number.

Opponents

Stephen F. Austin won all three meetings; the semifinal was the only Islanders cover. McNeese won both, 69-53 and 70-54. Lamar and SE Louisiana lost twice each and the Islanders covered all four, for 2.06 and 1.24 units.

The total

Fifteen unders and 14 overs. The Islanders allowed 67.7 points a game; thirty-eight teams in Division I allowed fewer. The lowest totals they were set, 130.5 in both SE Louisiana games, split one under and one over.

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