VCU vs. Loyola Chicago Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Jan. 30

The VCU Rams (15-6, 6-2 A-10) are favored, by 19.5 points, over the Loyola Chicago Ramblers (5-17, 1-8 A-10) on January 30, 2026 at Stuart C. Siegel Center. The Rams have won four in a row, and are 8-2 in their past 10 games, while the Ramblers have lost eight straight, and have gone 2-8 in their past 10. The point total in the matchup is set at 151.5.

VCU won its most recent matchup 77-69 against Richmond on Tuesday. In the win, Lazar Djokovic paced VCU with 14 points. Loyola Chicago's most recent game on Tuesday ended in an 85-64 loss to Saint Joseph's (PA). Loyola Chicago got a team-high 13 points from Joshua Ola-Joseph in the loss.

VCU vs. Loyola Chicago Odds and Game Time

• When: Friday, January 30, 2026 at 9 p.m. ET
• Where: Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia
• Spread favorite: VCU -19.5
• Moneyline favorite: VCU -4000
• Moneyline underdog: Loyola Chicago +1450
• Over/Under: 151.5 points

How to watch VCU vs. Loyola Chicago

• TV Channel: ESPN2
• Live Stream: Fubo
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Betting the Over/Under: VCU vs. Loyola Chicago

• VCU and its opponents have hit the over on this game's total (151.5 points) 13 times this season.
• This season, nine of Loyola Chicago's games have ended with a combined score higher than 151.5 points.
• Together, the two teams combine for 151.2 points per game, 0.3 points fewer than the total of 151.5 for this contest.
• This game's point total is 0.5 fewer points than the 151 these two teams combine to give up per game in 2024.
• VCU has seen a 157.5 average over/under in its games this season, 6.0 points more than the over/under in this contest.
• A difference of 6.8 points separates this game's over/under (151.5 points) and the average over/under in Loyola Chicago's games (144.7) this season.

Betting the Spread: VCU vs. Loyola Chicago

• VCU is 11-10-0 against the spread this year.
• So far this season, the Rams have been installed as favorites by a 19.5-point margin or more seven times and are 4-3 ATS in those matchups.
• Loyola Chicago has played 22 games, with five wins against the spread.
• At home this season, VCU is 4-8 against the spread and 10-2 overall.
• At home, VCU is 4-3 ATS as a 19.5-point favorite or greater.
• In away games, Loyola Chicago has only one win against the spread and are 1-4 overall.

Betting the Moneyline: VCU vs. Loyola Chicago

• VCU has entered the game as moneyline favorites 18 times this season and won 15, or 83.3%, of those games.
• The Rams have entered five games this season favored by -4000 or more, and won each of those games.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 97.6% chance of a victory for VCU.
• Loyola Chicago has been chosen as moneyline underdogs in 14 games this year and has walked away with the win two times (14.3%) in those games.
• This is the worst odds of a win that sportsbooks have given the Ramblers this season with a +1450 moneyline set for this game.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Loyola Chicago has a 6.5% chance of pulling out a win.