East Tennessee St Buccaneers

The Buccaneers were favored 27 times in 2025-26 and won 19, but covered only 12 of those spreads, and the favorite moneylines lost 2.85 units. A 23-11 season finished 14-18 against the spread.

Twenty-seven times the favorite

East Tennessee State spent most of 2025-26 giving points. In those 27 games the Bucs won 19 and covered 12, and backing them to win in every one lost 2.85 units; 296 of 361 Division I teams did better on their favorite moneylines. Eight favorite defeats did the damage, the shortest priced at home: 81-75 to Jacksonville State at -550, 90-88 to Western Carolina at -535 and 72-69 to Wofford at -325.

Month by month

November was the good start, 6-1 with five covers in six and 0.63 units made. December turned it, 3-4 and 3.55 units lost. January then went 6-2 straight up but only two covers in eight, and March closed with three spread misses in three games. Across the year a unit on all 32 priced games lost 3.85.

Home and road

At home the Bucs went 13-4 and covered 8 of 15. On the road they went 8-6 and covered 6 of 14, and the road moneyline lost 1.59 against 1.94 at home. They allowed 69.29 points a game, a figure only 57 Division I teams improved on.

Southern Conference opponents

Western Carolina is the opponent to note: three meetings, two Western Carolina wins, and no ETSU cover. Furman lost twice to the Bucs before winning the SoCon tournament final. The Citadel lost all three meetings, though ETSU covered only two of them.

Underdog, rarely

ETSU was an underdog five times, won two at even money, 78-74 at North Alabama and 78-69 at Furman, and covered two.

The total was close to even across the season: 17 overs, 15 unders.

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