Bucknell vs. Iowa prediction: Why Iowa is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/20/2025]

Iowa and Bucknell will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Casey's Center on Saturday, with tipoff at 6:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Iowa as the most likely winner of the Bucknell vs. Iowa game.

This article offers a closer look at Saturday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Bucknell vs. Iowa prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball matchup between Bucknell and Iowa 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives Iowa a 99% chance of defeating Bucknell. Our predicted final score has Iowa winning 83-57.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and Bucknell and Iowa each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 135.5 points has a 56% chance of going over.

Bucknell vs. Iowa odds

We have sourced the best men's college basketball odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Bucknell vs. Iowa picks and best bet

After matching our predictions against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: