Uc San Diego Tritons

Laying ten points or more in 2025-26, the Tritons covered none of six and lost two of them outright. Getting points, UC San Diego covered six times in seven.

The big numbers did not hold

UC San Diego went 23-11 and was favored in 25 games, winning 16. Against the spread those 25 went 10-15, and the bigger the number, the worse it got. Six times the Tritons laid ten or more, and six times they failed to cover. Two of those were home losses outright: 82-80 to San Diego at -1200 on 19 December and 88-71 to Cal State Fullerton at -1050 on 8 January.

As favorites the moneyline lost 2.61 units over 25 games. At home the Tritons covered 5 of 13 while going 10-5 straight up.

Better with points

Seven times UC San Diego was the underdog. It won five and covered six. Of the 362 teams that were underdogs at least once, only eight covered at a higher rate, and every one of those eight was perfect. The longest prices that came in were at UC Irvine, 71-69 at +154, and at UC Santa Barbara, 64-63 at +114.

November, then January

The Tritons opened 7-0 and covered all six lined games in November, including neutral-site wins on three straight days over Temple, Bradley and Towson. January was 4-6 with three covers in ten, and 4.09 units lost.

Northridge, and the under

Cal State Northridge beat UC San Diego three times, the last 80-70 in the Big West quarterfinal, and the Tritons covered none of them, though they were favored in all three, by 7.5, 1.5 and 1.5 points. Twenty of 32 Tritons totals went under, and only 32 Division I teams stayed under more often, with three level. Nine of the last ten stayed under.

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