California Baptist vs. Kansas prediction: Kansas favored to win men's March Madness First Round matchup [3/20/2026]

Kansas and California Baptist are scheduled to meet in March Madness First Round action at Viejas Arena on Friday, starting at 9:45 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects Kansas as the most likely winner of the California Baptist vs. Kansas game.

This article offers an expanded analysis of Friday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

California Baptist vs. Kansas prediction: Who will win and advance to the Second Round?

Using powerful machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Friday's NCAAM Tournament game between California Baptist and Kansas 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Kansas a 91% chance of defeating California Baptist. Our predicted final score has Kansas winning 78-64.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and California Baptist and Kansas each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the 141.5-point over/under has a 57% chance of going over.

California Baptist vs. Kansas 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.

California Baptist vs. Kansas 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: