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Tulane Green Wave play at Akron Zips in college basketball on Saturday, November 14, at James A. Rhodes Arena. As of 7:21 PM ET, Akron are 12.5-point favorites and the total is 155.5. Prices come from 12 sportsbooks we track. The Desk leans Tulane +12.5. A prediction is an estimate from the market and the matchup, not a certain result.
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| Market | Tulane Green Wave | Akron Zips |
|---|---|---|
| Moneyline | +580Bet at FanDuel → | -715Bet at Courtside → |
| Spread | +12.5 -110Bet at theScore Bet → | -12.5 -103Bet at Bally Bet → |
| Total 155.5 | O +106Bet at Novig → exchange price | U -108Bet at Courtside → |
As of 7:21 PM ET, the spread is Akron -12.5 and the total is 155.5, with 12 sportsbooks priced and the table showing each book's own number.
| Sportsbook | Tulane ML | Akron ML | Tulane spread | Akron spread | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bally Bet | +510 | -835 | +12.5 -120 | -12.5 -103 | O 155.5 -108 | U 155.5 -113 |
| BetMGM | +575 | -900 | +12.5 -110 | -12.5 -110 | O 155.5 -110 | U 155.5 -110 |
| betPARX | +510 | -835 | +12.5 -120 | -12.5 -103 | O 155.5 -108 | U 155.5 -113 |
| BetRivers | +510 | -835 | +12.5 -121 | -12.5 -104 | O 155.5 -109 | U 155.5 -114 |
| Caesars | – | – | +12.5 -115 | -12.5 -105 | O 155.5 -110 | U 155.5 -110 |
| Courtside | +545 | -715 | – | – | O 155.5 -108 | U 155.5 -108 |
| DraftKings | +525 | -750 | – | – | O 155.5 -110 | U 155.5 -110 |
| Fanatics | +550 | -800 | – | – | O 155.5 -105 | U 155.5 -115 |
| FanDuel | +580 | -880 | – | – | O 155.5 -110 | U 155.5 -110 |
| Novig | +614 | -733 | – | – | O 155.5 +106 | U 155.5 -117 |
Prices from 12 sportsbooks we track (the 10 with the most markets shown), updated . Prices move, so check the book before you bet.
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Tahj Staveskie (AKR)19.0 PPG (2 GP)
Krystian Lewis (TULN)28.3 PPG (3 GP)This spread opened with the Akron Zips favored by 37.5 points in our consensus. It now sits at 12.5 after four moves, and the total climbed from 128.5 to 155.5. When a market rewrites a number that hard, the bettor's question is simple: what is left in the price? The Tulane Green Wave visit James A. Rhodes Arena for a noon ET tip on Saturday, November 14, streaming on ESPN+.
Akron is the favorite. It is very early, though. Tulane is 2-1 three games into the season and Akron is 2-0 two games in, so neither record says much yet. The last meeting was 343 days ago, and Akron won. Our rating, an Elo model built on stored results, gives Akron 87% to win and Tulane 13%. That is close to the market's no-vig read of about 88% to 12% (no-vig means the bookmaker's fee is stripped out of the prices).
It is context, not a bet. Against the spread (ATS, meaning whether a team beat the betting margin), Tulane is 1-2 over three graded games, and its games went over the total two of three times. Three games is a tiny sample. On schedule, Tulane has three days of rest but traveled 906 miles and crossed one time zone east. Akron has four days of rest and plays game two of a home stand.
Tulane's Krystian Lewis is scoring 28.3 points per game over three games, a small sample, and he logged 39 minutes in Tulane's last game. Akron's Tahj Staveskie averages 19.0 points per game over two games, also a small sample. His 23 minutes led Akron last game, with Zach Halligan at 21 and Evan Mahaffey at 20. Over their last 10 stored games, Akron played at 69.6 possessions per game and scored 121.2 points per 100 possessions. Tulane played at 70 possessions and scored 107.7 per 100.
Start with the moneyline, a bet on who wins outright. Akron is -715 at Courtside, so a $100 bet profits $13.99. Tulane is +580 at FanDuel, so a $100 bet profits $580. Break-even is the win rate a price needs just to avoid losing money over time: 87.7% for Akron, 14.7% for Tulane. The spread levels the field.
Tulane +12.5 at -110 (theScore Bet) wins if Tulane wins or loses by 12 or fewer, and loses on a 13-point loss. Akron -12.5 at -103 (Bally Bet) needs a win by 13 or more. A half point means no push (a tie that refunds your stake). Each of those Tulane vs Akron odds is the best number across the books we track. The same ticket costs different amounts at different shops, and that gap is real money.
Expected value is your average result per bet if you could place it many times. Measured against the market's own no-vig read, every side here is negative. Akron -12.5: minus $5.28. Over: minus $3.05. Under: minus $2.60. Nothing clears its break-even.
Tulane +12.5 at -110 on theScore Bet, as a matchup lean only. Its break-even is 52.4%, and the market's 51.9% cover read does not beat it, so this is an opinion, not a positive-expectation bet. Our read is that 12.5 points is plenty of cushion against a home favorite the market has already marked down hard. Keep the stake small, and passing is a fair choice. If any book posts +13 at the same price, take that: a 13-point loss would push instead of losing.
Our Akron vs Tulane prediction: Akron 82, Tulane 72. That adds up to 154 points, under the 155.5 total, and a 10-point Akron win stays inside the 12.5 Tulane is getting. The Zips should control it at home. We expect the Green Wave to stay within the number. That is the read on this number, and the Desk's documented free daily play sits right below if you want to see how we handle a full card.
Akron is the market favorite at -715 (best price at Courtside) on the moneyline, with Tulane at +580. Lines move all day, so check the odds table on this page for the current best number at every book.
Tulane vs Akron streams on ESPN+. The game tips at 12:00 PM ET on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at James A. Rhodes Arena, home of the Akron Zips. That is the only broadcast listed for this game.
The Akron Zips are the favorite. The best moneyline is Akron -715 at Courtside and Tulane +580 at FanDuel, and the best spread price on Akron is -12.5 at -103 at Bally Bet. With the vig removed, the market reads about 88% Akron and 12% Tulane.
The Tulane Green Wave and Akron Zips tip off at 12:00 PM Eastern on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The game is played indoors at James A. Rhodes Arena and streams on ESPN+.
Akron is a heavy favorite, but the price we would rather hold is Tulane +12.5 at -110 on theScore Bet, and only as a small matchup lean. The full read, including a projected final score, is in The Prediction section above.
The total is 155.5, with the over priced at +106 at Novig 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 opened Zips -37.5 and is now -12.5; the total moved from 128.5 to 155.5.
As of Nov 13, 7:02 PM ET, when this preview was written. Percentages are public betting splits and market prices, not picks.
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