Long Beach State at Hawaii Preview: Bet Hawaii ATS or ML

• Bet on Hawaii to either cover the spread as 11-point favorites or on the moneyline against Long Beach State due to historical trends, terrible recent performance by the Beach, and significant statistical differences between both teams this season.

HONOLULU – Long Beach State travels to The Big Island to face Hawaii in what will be the perfect game for bettors to close out a massive slate of games on Thursday night. At the bare minimum, bettors should take Hawaii to win with -675 odds on the moneyline. If bettors are looking for a better payout, Hawaii to cover the -11.0 spread is a good option to consider when the game tips off at midnight on the east coast and 9 pm in Pacific Standard Time.

Hawaii vs Long Beach State Odds

Bet on Hawaii to Cover or Win

Hawaii is an 11-point favorite at college basketball betting sites today, so the choice to bet on them against the spread versus just betting on them via the moneyline against Long Beach State is significant. The odds for them to cover the spread are -110, while the odds for them to simply win are -675.

Hawaii is a great bet to win and a very good bet to cover against Long Beach State for a few reasons:

• Long Beach State is just 2-7 straight up in their last nine games traveling to Hawaii. They are 4-5 against the spread in those games.
• Long Beach State has not won a game in over a month. They are 0-8 since their last win on January 11. Long Beach State only covered the spread three times in that span.
• Per KenPom, Long Beach State has the 313th best net rating in the country at -12.97. Hawaii’s net rating is more than ten points better at -2.72 (201st).

What those three reasons show is that Long Beach State has historically struggled to play on the road at Hawaii, has been terrible for more than a month, and has an adjusted net efficiency rating that is so much worse than Hawaii’s that it’s nearly as large as the spread.

With Hawaii playing as the home team against a team that they both historically dominate and have been significantly better than this season, bet on the Rainbow Warriors to cover the -11 spread at legal sports betting sites tonight. If you’d rather not take the risk while chasing your losses from a large college basketball slate, bet on Hawaii to win instead.

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