East Tennessee State vs. Samford prediction: East Tennessee State favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Samford will square off with East Tennessee State in men's college basketball action at Pete Hanna Center on Saturday, beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts East Tennessee State as the most likely winner of the East Tennessee State vs. Samford game.

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

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

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between East Tennessee State and Samford 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives East Tennessee State a 60% chance of beating Samford. Our predicted final score has East Tennessee State winning 76-73.

According to our model, Samford (+3.5) has a 57% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 148.5 points has a 53% chance of going over.

East Tennessee State vs. Samford 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. Samford 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: