East Tennessee State vs. UNC prediction: North Carolina favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/16/2025]

UNC will take on East Tennessee State in men's college basketball action at Dean E. Smith Center on Tuesday, commencing at 8:00 PM ET.

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

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

East Tennessee State vs. UNC prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Tuesday's NCAA basketball game between East Tennessee State and UNC 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives North Carolina a 90% chance of defeating East Tennessee State. Our predicted final score has North Carolina winning 83-68.

According to our model, North Carolina (-14.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 149.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of going over.

East Tennessee State vs. UNC odds

We have researched 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 Tennessee State vs. UNC picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: