On the road in 2025-26 the Eagles won four times and covered nine, in 16 games. Howard won all three meetings with them, ending with the MEAC tournament final.
Road covers
Sixteen road games in 2025-26 brought North Carolina Central four wins and nine covers. Home games reversed it: 8-5 straight up, 3 covers in 9 lined games. At neutral sites they went 2-1 and covered all three.
2025-26 regular season. Neutral-site games are in neither home nor away. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.
Five of the road games had a spread but no moneyline, with the Eagles 29.5 to 42.5-point underdogs. They lost all five, 66-114 at NC State among them, but covered at Virginia, Dayton and Kentucky. Four more home games against non-Division I opponents had no line at all, so only 23 of the 32 games carried a moneyline.
The moneyline
Across those 23 games one unit a game lost 6.03 units. As favorites the Eagles went 7-3 and made 0.47; as underdogs, 13 priced games, they lost 6.50. The costliest favorite defeat was at home, 56-58 to Coppin State at -535.
Running total over 23 priced 2025-26 regular-season games, at the pre-game moneyline. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.
Three opponents, three times each
Delaware State went 0-3 against the Eagles, the third defeat a MEAC tournament semifinal, and failed to cover any. Maryland Eastern Shore also lost three times, including the quarterfinal at +110. Howard won all three: 83-69 on the Eagles’ floor at +130, 100-67 on Howard’s floor at +675, and 70-63 in the final, where North Carolina Central covered as 11.5-point underdogs.
2025-26 regular season; dark is wins, light the games played. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.
Against the line
The season ended 14-18 with 15 covers in 28 lined games: 5 of 10 as favorites and 10 of 18 as underdogs. South Carolina State also beat them twice, covering both, the second 80-64 on the Eagles’ floor at -355. December went 1-5 straight up with 4 covers in 5.
14-18 in 32 games. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.
The total
Fourteen overs and 14 unders. The Eagles scored 71.84 points a game and allowed 75.47.
Questions and answers
Does North Carolina Central cover away from home?
It did in 9 of 16 road games in 2025-26, on a 4-12 road record.
How did the Eagles do against Howard?
0-3 in 2025-26, the MEAC tournament final included, with one cover.
How did North Carolina Central do against Delaware State?
