{"id":650984,"date":"2026-03-10T14:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/650984\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:25:18","slug":"mercyhurst-vs-long-island-prediction-picks-odds-for-todays-nec-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/650984\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercyhurst vs Long Island Prediction, Picks &#038; Odds for Today&#8217;s NEC Championship Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                           <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773152716_913_f15683ce-901d-4db1-8d80-654890c6050b.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Rosales - Contributor at Covers.com\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"covers-mini-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/img.covers.com\/covers\/icons\/global-icons\/covers-c-new.svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.covers.com\/writers\/eric-rosales\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Rosales<\/a><br \/>\n                             \u2022 Betting Analyst<\/p>\n<p>                    27+ years betting experience<\/p>\n<p>\n            Updated:<br \/>\nMar 10, 2026 , 09:28 AM ET<\/p>\n<p>                \u2022 4 min read<\/p>\n<p class=\"covers-Articlemodern-cutLine\">Mercyhurst is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament, and the Lakers will go all out in their season finale.<\/p>\n<p>                <img src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/14523d07-2c63-4c0d-b410-1c8d2fc7245a.gif\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Mercyhurst Lakers guard Bernie Blunt (4) drives against Syracuse Orange guard Kiyan Anthony.\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo By &#8211; Reuters Connect. Mercyhurst Lakers guard Bernie Blunt (4) drives against Syracuse Orange guard Kiyan Anthony.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an anticlimactic NEC final, as the top-seeded Long Island University Sharks battle the third-seeded Mercyhurst Lakers on Tuesday, March 10.<\/p>\n<p>LIU has secured the bid to the NCAA Tournament because Mercyhurst is transitioning to Division I and isn\u2019t tourney eligible until the 2028-29 season.<\/p>\n<p>My Mercyhurst vs Long Island predictions and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.covers.com\/picks\/ncaab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">college basketball picks<\/a> back the Lakers as road underdogs.<\/p>\n<p>Mercyhurst vs Long Island prediction<br \/>\nMercyhurst vs Long Island best bet<\/p>\n<p>Mercyhurst vs Long Island best bet: Mercyhurst +6.5 (-116)<\/p>\n<p>Long Island has been the better team down the stretch, with just three losses across its final 20 games, while Mercyhurst has staggered home with a 6-5 record.<\/p>\n<p>However, LIU got to celebrate in the semifinal after beating Wagner, and motivation might not be as high as it usually is.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers are also one of the three teams to hand LIU an L, downing them 91-83 on February 21.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the shaky record, Mercyhurst has been a cover star, going 5-0-0 against the spread in its last five, and 8-2-0 ATS in the last 10.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=covers.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"googleLink border-0 bg-lighter rounded-2 py-2 px-3 d-flex gap-2 justify-content-between align-items-center mb-5\" data-linkcont=\"Article-Google-Preferences-Click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Enjoying Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773152718_898_google-preferred-source-badge.png\" width=\"102\" height=\"36\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>Mercyhurst vs Long Island same-game parlay<\/p>\n<p>These programs have only four meetings, but they\u2019ve all been within the last two years, with the Over hitting in three of them.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>LIU is the highest-scoring team in the NEC, and the last matchup was a 91-83 shootout.<\/p>\n<p>Mercyhurst vs Long Island SGP<\/p>\n<p>Mercyhurst +6.5<br \/>\nOver 137.5<\/p>\n<p>Mercyhurst vs Long Island odds<\/p>\n<p>Spread: Mercyhurst +6 | Long Island -6<br \/>\nMoneyline: Mercyhurst +165 | Long Island -260<br \/>\nOver\/Under: Over 136.5 | Under 136.5<\/p>\n<p>Mercyhurst vs Long Island betting trend to know<\/p>\n<p>LIU is just 3-3-0 ATS in its last six games. Find more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.covers.com\/sport\/basketball\/ncaab\/matchup\/376561\/picks#trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">college basketball betting trends<\/a> for Mercyhurst vs. Long Island.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch Mercyhurst vs Long Island<\/p>\n<p>Location<br \/>\nSteinberg Wellness Center, Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n<p>Date<br \/>\nTuesday, March 10, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Tip-off<br \/>\n7:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>TV<br \/>\nESPN2<\/p>\n<p>Mercyhurst vs Long Island key injuries<\/p>\n<p>Odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change.<br \/>Not intended for use in MA.<br \/>Affiliate Disclosure: Our team of experts has thoroughly researched and handpicked each product that appears on our website. We may receive compensation if you sign up through our links.<\/p>\n<p>        Pages related to this topic<\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" alt=\"Eric Rosales - Covers\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773152718_417_f15683ce-901d-4db1-8d80-654890c6050b.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Eric has been involved in sports media in many different capacities since graduating from journalism school in 1999, back when getting your own column in a newspaper was still considered a thing. He doubled down and graduated from broadcast journalism school five years later, which led to a move to Toronto and a career with The Sports Network (TSN). From behind-the-scenes production work, he moved into the digital realm, where he had his own hoops column (At the Buzzer), while regularly live streaming and chatting with fans during broadcasts as the character known as LeBlog James. He was also a key contributor to TSN and CTV\u2019s Olympic programming during the 2012 London Games.<\/p>\n<p>Eric eventually found his way into the sports betting field in 2016 and has been a mainstay ever since. He was tagged on Twitter as a Top 10 NBA sharp during the 2021 season and has been interviewed about basketball and his handicapping process on shows from Vancouver to India. Eric is now a jack-of-all-sports at Covers, where his predictions span the alphabet soup: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, F1, WNBA, Euro, and Copa.<\/p>\n<p>When making picks, he focuses on finding value first and foremost, and ensuring readers have all the information they need to make an informed choice.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eric Rosales \u2022 Betting Analyst 27+ years betting experience Updated: Mar 10, 2026 , 09:28 AM ET \u2022&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,231,772,1544],"class_list":{"0":"post-650984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-basketball","12":"tag-ncaab"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116205344797953800","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}