William Mary Tribe

Through the end of December the Tribe covered 11 of 12 spreads and made 6.87 moneyline units. From January they covered 5 of 18 and lost 4.48.

Two halves

William & Mary went 11-3 in November and December. Against the spread they were 11-1 in that stretch, the only miss a 93-60 loss at St. John’s as 28.5-point underdogs. The moneyline made 6.87 units over those two months, and two road wins as underdogs supplied most of it: at Bowling Green 82-74 at +320, and at Duquesne 83-79 at +205.

From January the Tribe went 9-9, covered 5 of 18 and lost 4.48 units. In January alone they covered twice in eight.

Favored and beaten

As favorites they won 14 of 21 and covered 10; a unit on them in those 21 games lost 1.59. The two home defeats of the season both came at -410: Campbell 104-96 on 31 January and Elon 81-78 on 14 February. Campbell beat them again 19 days later, 84-83.

As underdogs

Given points, they covered 6 of 9 and won 4 of 9, and the eight priced underdog games made 3.98 units, the last of the wins 85-78 at UNC Wilmington at +180. That 6-3 cover record left only 38 teams ahead on the same measure, with 19 level.

Home and away

11-2 at home and 6-9 on the road, with covers of 6 of 11 and 7 of 15. Over the season they covered 16 of 30.

The CAA

Elon won the first two meetings, by three points each time, then lost 72-62 in the tournament. Hofstra split the regular-season games and ended the season 92-61 in the quarterfinal.

The total

The Tribe scored 83.12 a game and allowed 77.72, and still their games went under 17 times against 13 overs.

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