UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

The Gauchos covered 3 of 13 road spreads in 2025-26, a share away from home that just four Division I programs fell beneath. Laying the price with them as favorites lost 5.46 units, a figure only nine programs finished below.

The road

UC Santa Barbara was 5-8 in true road games and covered 3 of 13, 23.1%. No Division I team matched that rate, and four sat below it. The moneyline on the road lost 5.07 units over 13. At home it was a different side: 11-4 straight up, 8 covers in 13.

Favorites that lost

The Gauchos were favored 22 times and went 13-9, covering eight. One unit on them in those 22 games lost 5.46. The shortest prices that failed were 64-67 at Green Bay at -310, 83-85 at home to Cal State Northridge at -250, and 73-79 to UC Davis in the Big West first round at -205.

UC Davis

Three meetings, three losses, no covers, three units gone. The last one ended the season: March went 0-2.

As underdogs

Eight games, three wins, four covers: 62-48 at UC San Diego at +150, 74-71 over Seattle U at +130 in the Resorts World Classic final, and 77-62 at home to Hawai’i at +120.

The season line

Twelve covers and 17 misses in 29 lined games, 41.4%; the moneyline lost 6.46 units over 30 priced games. Six straight wins ran from 15 January to 31 January. Totals: 16 overs, 14 unders.

The Big West

UC Riverside lost both meetings, both covered. Hawai’i split two and UC Santa Barbara covered both. Long Beach State also lost twice, neither covered. February went 3-5 with four covers in eight and lost 3.77 units.

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