UConn Huskies

The Huskies won 29 of 34 in 2025-26 yet beat the number just 12 times, a cover rate only 12 Division I teams fell below. UConn was favored in every one of those 34 games.

Winning without covering

Only Gonzaga and High Point also went a whole season without being underdogs. Against the spread UConn went 12-22. At home it was 4 covers in 17, and just 11 teams in the country had a worse home rate, while the Huskies lost only twice there. Away they covered 5 of 12.

The clearest stretch was January. From Marquette on 4 January to Providence on 27 January, UConn won seven straight and covered none, including a 64-62 win at Georgetown as 11.5-point favorites and a 72-60 home win over DePaul at -19.5. That run sat inside an 18-game winning streak.

The moneyline

Six November and December games carried no moneyline; across the 28 that did, one unit on UConn every time lost 0.53. Three defeats wiped out the small wins: Creighton 91-84 at home at -1800, Marquette 68-62 away at -550, and Arizona 71-67 at home at -225. March was the costliest month, 2-2 straight up and 1.85 units down.

Opponents

Xavier lost three times and UConn covered all three. Georgetown also lost three, with one cover. Seton Hall and Providence lost twice each, and UConn failed to cover any of those four games. St. John’s was the one Big East side to win the series, two games to one, the last the Big East tournament final, 72-52. In the NCAA tournament UConn won five games, Duke 73-72 among them, and lost the national championship game 69-63 to Michigan.

The total

Seventeen overs and 17 unders. UConn allowed 65.12 points a game; ten teams in Division I allowed fewer.

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