Bucknell vs. Rider prediction: Why Bucknell is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/9/2025]

Rider and Bucknell are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at Alumni Gymnasium on Tuesday, starting at 7:00PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects Bucknell as the most likely winner of the Bucknell vs. Rider game.

This article offers further insights into Tuesday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

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

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

Our independent predictive model gives Bucknell a 58% chance of beating Rider. Our predicted final score has Bucknell winning 70-68.

According to our model, Bucknell (-1.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 137.5 points has a 52% chance of going over.

Bucknell vs. Rider 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. Rider 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: