New Orleans vs. SE Louisiana Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - March 2

The New Orleans Privateers (15-16, 12-9 Southland) are big favorites, by 6.5 points, over the SE Louisiana Lions (8-22, 5-16 Southland) on March 2, 2026 at Lakefront Arena. The Lions are sputtering right now, having lost five in a row and going 2-8 in their past 10 games. The matchup has an over/under set at 143.5 points.

In its most recent matchup on Saturday, New Orleans suffered a 66-63 loss to McNeese. Kedrick Osby's team-leading 16 points paced New Orleans in the loss. SE Louisiana's last contest was a 68-60 loss to Nicholls State on Saturday. CJ Booker scored 12 points in SE Louisiana's loss, leading the team.

New Orleans vs. SE Louisiana Odds and Game Time

• When: Monday, March 2, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET
• Where: Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Spread favorite: New Orleans -6.5
• Moneyline favorite: New Orleans -314
• Moneyline underdog: SE Louisiana +245
• Over/Under: 143.5 points

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• TV Channel: ESPN+
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Betting the Over/Under: New Orleans vs. SE Louisiana

• New Orleans and its opponents have combined to hit the over on Monday's over/under of 143.5 points 23 times this season.
• This season, seven of SE Louisiana's games have finished with a combined score higher than 143.5 points.
• The Privateers average 76.2 points per game and the Lions score 64.5, amounting to 2.8 points under the matchup's over/under of 143.5.
• The 148.3 points per game these two teams surrender to opponents combined this season are 4.8 more than the 143.5-point total in this contest.
• On average, New Orleans has had a 154.3-point over/under in its games this season, 10.8 more points than the over/under in this contest.
• The over/under for this matchup is 8.8 points higher than the average over/under in SE Louisiana's games this season of 134.7.

Betting the Spread: New Orleans vs. SE Louisiana

• In New Orleans' 30 games this season, it has 18 wins against the spread.
• This season, the Privateers won ATS in their only game as a favorite of 6.5 points or more.
• In SE Louisiana's 29 games this season, it has 13 wins against the spread.
• So far this year, the Lions have been installed as underdogs by a 6.5-point margin or more eight times and are 5-3 ATS in those games.
• At home this year, New Orleans is 7-3 against the spread and 5-5 overall.
• At home, as a 6.5-point favorite or greater, New Orleans is unbeaten ATS (1-0).
• SE Louisiana is 6-10 against the spread, and 1-15 overall, on the road.

Betting the Moneyline: New Orleans vs. SE Louisiana

• This season, New Orleans has been moneyline favorites six times and won three of those games.
• The Privateers have played as a favorite of -314 or more once this season and won that game.
• The implied probability of a win from New Orleans, based on the moneyline, is 75.8%.
• SE Louisiana has been a moneyline underdog in 23 games this season and has come away with the win four times (17.4%) in those contests.
• The Lions have won all of their eight games in which they were named as at least a +245 moneyline underdog.
• SE Louisiana has an implied victory probability of 29% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.

Dunkel Index Prediction for New Orleans vs. SE Louisiana

• Pick ATS: New Orleans (- 6.5)
• Pick OU: Over (143.5)
  
• Prediction: New Orleans 79 - SE Louisiana 67