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Columbia Lions play at Bucknell Bison in college basketball on Friday, November 13, at Sojka Pavilion. As of 4:50 PM ET, Columbia are 5.5-point favorites and the total is 146.5. Prices come from 14 sportsbooks we track. A prediction is an estimate from the market and the matchup, not a certain result.
Prices updated · from 14 sportsbooks · college basketball betting splits
DraftKings bettors lean Columbia on the spread (75% of tickets).
| Book | BetsColumbia -5.5Bucknell +5.5 | MoneyColumbia -5.5Bucknell +5.5 |
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| Book | BetsColumbia (-245)Bucknell (+200) | MoneyColumbia (-245)Bucknell (+200) |
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| Book | BetsOver 146.5Under 146.5 | MoneyOver 146.5Under 146.5 |
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Kalshi, Polymarket (international) and Novig publish every trade with the side the buyer took. ProphetX carries its trade fills the same way; a line with no captured fill shows dollars matched only. Trades is each side's share of the trades we read since we began reading the market and Money is its share of the dollars buyers paid. Markets with fewer than 10 trades or under $500 traded are left out; markets under 30 trades or $5,000 are labelled Light trading, because a few buyers can move the percentages a long way.
Polymarket US lists moneyline for this game. No trade split yet for these markets (none captured, or too few to show), so they show prices only. Polymarket US is a separate venue from Polymarket (international) and is never added into its numbers.
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| Market | Columbia Lions | Bucknell Bison |
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| Moneyline | -210Bet at ProphetX → exchange price | +213Bet at Novig → exchange price |
| Spread | -5.5 -105Bet at FanDuel → | +5.5 +102Bet at Novig → exchange price |
| Total 146.5 | O -105Bet at theScore Bet → | U -108Bet at Courtside → |
As of 4:50 PM ET, the spread is Columbia -5.5 and the total is 146.5, with 14 sportsbooks priced and the table showing each book's own number.
| Sportsbook | Columbia ML | Bucknell ML | Columbia spread | Bucknell spread | Over | Under |
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| Bally Bet | -265 | +200 | -5.5 -113 | +5.5 -108 | O 146.5 -107 | U 146.5 -114 |
| BetMGM | -235 | +190 | -5.5 -110 | +5.5 -110 | O 146.5 -105 | U 146.5 -115 |
| betPARX | -265 | +200 | -5.5 -113 | +5.5 -108 | O 146.5 -107 | U 146.5 -114 |
| BetRivers | -265 | +200 | -5.5 -114 | +5.5 -109 | O 146.5 -108 | U 146.5 -115 |
| Caesars | -225 | +185 | -5.5 -110 | +5.5 -110 | O 146.5 -110 | U 146.5 -110 |
| Courtside | -239 | +205 | -5.5 -113 | +5.5 -103 | O 146.5 -108 | U 146.5 -108 |
| DraftKings | -245 | +200 | -5.5 -115 | +5.5 -105 | O 146.5 -110 | U 146.5 -110 |
| Fanatics | -235 | +190 | -5.5 -110 | +5.5 -110 | O 146.5 -110 | U 146.5 -110 |
| theScore Bet | -240 | +200 | -5.5 -115 | +5.5 -105 | O 146.5 -105 | U 146.5 -115 |
| FanDuel | -215 | +176 | -5.5 -105 | +5.5 -115 | – | – |
Prices from 14 sportsbooks we track (the 10 with the most markets shown), updated . Prices move, so check the book before you bet.
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Aleksander Pachucki (BUCK)15.3 PPG (3 GP)
Gerard O'Keefe (COLU)16.0 PPG (3 GP)As of this writing, Columbia is 2-1 and Bucknell is 0-3. We are only three games into the season, so neither record tells us much about form. A Nov 10 headline reported that Bucknell's latest game was a 95-61 loss to No. 6 Virginia. Here are the per-game averages over three games. Columbia grabs 43.67 rebounds and allows 31.33. Bucknell grabs 23.67 and allows 47.67.
Columbia scores 40 points in the paint per game, and Bucknell scores 18.67. Three games is a tiny sample, and one of Bucknell's games came against a top-10 team. Rest is close. Columbia has three days off and travels 156 miles. Bucknell has two days off and comes home 220 miles from Charlottesville after playing twice in seven days. Neither team is on a back-to-back (games on consecutive days).
Gerard O'Keefe leads Columbia at 16.0 points per game over three games, a small sample, and a Nov 12 headline highlighted his 22-point showing. He played 26 minutes last game. Aleksander Pachucki leads Bucknell at 15.3 points per game over three games, also a small sample. He played 33 minutes last game and has logged 66 over the past seven days. That is a heavy load for a team playing its second game in a week.
Columbia is favored. The moneyline is a bet on who wins outright. A minus sign marks the favorite and a plus sign marks the underdog. Columbia's best price is -257 at Kalshi, where a $100 bet profits $36.24 after the fee. Its break-even, meaning how often it must win so you do not lose money over time, is 73.4%. Bucknell's best price is +203 at Polymarket, where $100 profits $189.52 after the fee, with a 34.5% break-even. Books build in a cut called the vig.
Our tracked books show no spread or total price. A consensus spread (a points handicap) opened at Bucknell +32.5 and has not moved. That looks out of step with a moneyline this size, and without a price we cannot quote a break-even, so we are leaving it alone. The consensus total (combined points) opened 128.5 and now sits at 142.5 after one move. Bucknell is 2-1 against the spread in three graded games. Shopping books matters here, because every few cents shifts that break-even.
Columbia is the market favorite at -210 (best price at ProphetX) on the moneyline, with Bucknell at +213. Lines move all day, so check the odds table on this page for the current best number at every book.
Columbia Lions vs Bucknell Bison: odds from the US books we track, team form, and the free Wise Guy Desk breakdown. Wise Guy Team has an official play on this game. Members see it on their board.
The total is 146.5, with the over priced at -105 at theScore Bet and the under at -108 at Courtside. A total is a bet on the combined score of both teams, over or under that number, no matter who wins.
Yes. This is a free Wise Guy Desk breakdown, our analysis, not Ross's official plays. Ross's documented plays are bet with real money and graded win or loss on the members board.
Expected value first: the best price across the regulated US books we track versus the true fair price with the vig removed, then the matchup data (form, standings, injuries, key players). Line shopping for the best number is the edge most bettors leave on the table.
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The spread has held at Bison +32.5 since it opened; the total moved from 128.5 to 142.5.
As of Nov 12, 10:16 PM ET, when this preview was written. Percentages are public betting splits and market prices, not picks.
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