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Colgate vs Lehigh Basketball Prediction, Best Bets, Spread & Odds - Patriot League Tournament Championship

The No. 1 seed Colgate Raiders (24-9, 16-2 Patriot League) and the No. 6 Lehigh Mountain Hawks (14-17, 9-9 Patriot League) will meet to determine the Patriot League champion on Wednesday at 7:00 PM ET.
Before you place your bet on this matchup at FanDuel Sportsbook, here are the NCAA basketball odds and spreads you need to know.
Colgate vs. Lehigh Game Info and Odds
- Game Day: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: CBS Sports Network
- Location: Hamilton, New York
- Arena: Cotterell Court
Before making an informed wager on Colgate-Lehigh contest (in which Colgate is an 8.5-point favorite and the total is set at 136.5 points), here are a few betting insights and trends for Wednesday's game.
Colgate vs. Lehigh: ATS Betting Stats and Trends
- Colgate has covered 16 times in 32 matchups with a spread this season.
- Lehigh has won 19 games against the spread this season, while failing to cover 10 times.
- Lehigh covers the spread when it is an 8.5-point underdog or more 100% of the time. That's more often than Colgate covers as a favorite of 8.5 or more (50%).
- The Raiders have a worse record against the spread in home games (6-8-0) than they do in away games (8-7-0).
- Against the spread, the Mountain Hawks have had better results away (14-4-0) than at home (5-6-0).
- Colgate is 11-9-0 against the spread in conference games this season.
- Lehigh's Patriot League record against the spread is 13-7-0.
Colgate vs. Lehigh: Moneyline Betting Stats
- Colgate has won in 22, or 88%, of the 25 contests it has been named as the moneyline favorite in this year.
- The Raiders have a win-loss record of 14-2 when favored by -410 or better by bookmakers this year.
- Lehigh has won three of the 13 games it was the underdog on the moneyline this season (23.1%).
- The Mountain Hawks have played five times as a moneyline underdog with odds of +315 or longer, and fell in each game.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies Colgate has a 80.4% chance of walking away with the win.
Colgate vs. Lehigh Head-to-Head Comparison
- Colgate averages 71.4 points per game (249th in college basketball) while giving up 63.5 per contest (11th in college basketball). It has a +262 scoring differential overall and outscores opponents by 7.9 points per game.
- Braeden Smith's team-leading 12.5 points per game ranks 616th in college basketball.
- Lehigh is outscoring opponents by 2.4 points per game, with a +73 scoring differential overall. It puts up 73.3 points per game (186th in college basketball) and gives up 70.9 per outing (140th in college basketball).
- Tyler Whitney-Sidney's team-leading 15.4 points per game rank him 242nd in the country.
- The 35.6 rebounds per game the Raiders average rank 158th in the nation, and are 2.5 more than the 33.1 their opponents record per outing.
- Keegan Records is 277th in college basketball play with 6.3 rebounds per game to lead the Raiders.
- The Mountain Hawks rank 143rd in the nation at 35.8 rebounds per game. That's similar to the 35.7 their opponents average.
- Dominic Parolin tops the Mountain Hawks with 6.3 rebounds per game (277th in college basketball).
- Colgate ranks 131st in college basketball by averaging 97.4 points per 100 possessions on offense, and defensively is 28th in college basketball, allowing 86.6 points per 100 possessions.
- The Mountain Hawks average 94.0 points per 100 possessions on offense (205th in college basketball), and concede 91.0 points per 100 possessions (119th in college basketball).