Charlotte vs. East Carolina prediction: Why Charlotte is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/18/2026]

East Carolina and Charlotte are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Sunday, with tipoff at 2:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Charlotte as the most likely winner of the Charlotte vs. East Carolina game.

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

Charlotte vs. East Carolina prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Sunday's NCAA basketball game between Charlotte and East Carolina 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives Charlotte a 56% chance of beating East Carolina. Our predicted final score has Charlotte winning 73-72.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and Charlotte and East Carolina each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the 141.5-point over/under has a 55% chance of going over.

Charlotte vs. East Carolina 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.

Charlotte vs. East Carolina picks and best bet

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