East Carolina vs. Temple prediction: Why Temple is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/7/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Wednesday at 7:00 PM ET as East Carolina takes on the favored Temple in men's college basketball action at Liacouras Center.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Temple as the most likely winner of the East Carolina vs. Temple game.

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

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

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Wednesday's NCAA basketball matchup between East Carolina and Temple 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives Temple a 77% chance of defeating East Carolina. Our predicted final score has Temple winning 76-68.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and East Carolina and Temple each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the 143.5-point over/under has a 53% chance of going over.

East Carolina vs. Temple 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.

East Carolina vs. Temple 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: