Colgate at Drexel

Drexel gets its home opener on Saturday afternoon, four days after opening the season on the road at No. 9 Virginia. That is a short turnaround for a team still finding its rotation, and Colgate gets a Drexel side that has played one game against elite size and athleticism. Colgate was at that level last year too. The Raiders went 18-15 and finished 11-7 in the Patriot League, which makes them a program with a settled identity and a deep bench of shooters. The last time these two met, on November 11, 2025, in Hamilton, Colgate won 90-83. Drexel scored 83 that night and still lost, because it could not get stops against the Raiders' spacing and ball movement. I can't tell how much of either roster is back from that game, so I'm leaning on the schedule spot and Colgate's established way of playing, not on that score. Colgate's offense runs through patience, and a team on short rest after a physical road game tends to be slow to adjust to it. The market has also made Drexel only a small favorite on its own floor, which prices the home opener and not the fatigue. Colgate, with the points, is the right side on the spread this afternoon.