Evansville vs. Illinois-Chicago prediction: Why Illinois-Chicago is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/20/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Tuesday at 8:00 PM ET as Evansville looks to defy the odds against Illinois-Chicago in men's college basketball action at Credit Union 1 Arena.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Illinois-Chicago as the most likely winner of the Evansville vs. Illinois-Chicago game.

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

Evansville vs. Illinois-Chicago prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Tuesday's NCAA basketball game between Evansville and Illinois-Chicago 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Illinois-Chicago an 83% chance of defeating Evansville. Our predicted final score has Illinois-Chicago winning 74-64.

According to our model, Illinois-Chicago (-8.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 137.5 points has a 52% chance of going over.

Evansville vs. Illinois-Chicago 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.

Evansville vs. Illinois-Chicago 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: