UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros

The Vaqueros stood 6-11 on 12 January and went 13-3 the rest of the way, with eight straight wins in the middle. UT Rio Grande Valley covered 10 of 15 road games.

Two halves

UTRGV lost 11 of its first 17 games, and the ones that hurt a bettor most came at home, where the Vaqueros were laying points. Between 11 December and 3 January the Vaqueros lost four home games in a row as favorites: UT Arlington 58-50 at -218, New Orleans 85-69 at -258, Nicholls 71-69 at -162 and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 63-59 at -148. By 12 January they were 6-11.

From 17 January they won eight straight and finished 13-3, covering 12 of those 16 games. January ended 6-3, February 6-2. New Orleans and Nicholls both lost the rematches, by 19 and 20 points on the road.

Covering away from home

On the road the Vaqueros covered 10 of 15; 33 teams covered more often away and 13 matched it. At home it was 5 of 13. The longest prices that came in were both away: 83-72 at Lamar at +145 and 64-55 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at +120.

As favorites they went 14-6 and made 1.72 units over 20 priced games. As underdogs they won three of ten and lost 4.35 over nine priced games. Over the season the moneyline finished 2.63 down across 29.

McNeese, three times

McNeese won two of three, but UTRGV covered all three, getting 9.5, 11.5 and 8.5. The Vaqueros won the first 79-76, and the last meeting ended their season, 84-80 in the Southland semifinal, a day after an 86-68 win over Nicholls. Stephen F. Austin won both meetings.

Eighteen of 31 totals went under. UTRGV allowed 69.48 a game and scored 75.91.

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