Eastern Michigan vs. Western Michigan prediction: Why Eastern Michigan is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/10/2026]

Western Michigan will face Eastern Michigan, in what is expected to be a tight Men's College Basketball game, at University Arena on Saturday, commencing at 1:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model gives Eastern Michigan a slight edge with a 52% win probability over Western Michigan.

This article offers a closer look at Saturday's Eastern Michigan vs. Western Michigan matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Eastern Michigan vs. Western Michigan prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Eastern Michigan a 52% chance of beating Western Michigan. Our predicted score is Eastern Michigan 73-73 Western Michigan.

According to our model, Western Michigan (+1.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 145.5 points has a 52% chance of going over.

While there is no way for a men's college basketball game to end in a tie, our prediction of 73-73 is based on each team's average score in the above-mentioned simulations of Eastern Michigan vs. Western Michigan.

Eastern Michigan vs. Western Michigan 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.

Eastern Michigan vs. Western Michigan 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: