Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina prediction: Why Coastal Carolina is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/1/2026]

Coastal Carolina will take on Georgia Southern in men's college basketball action at HTC Center on New Year's Day, starting at 1:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects Coastal Carolina as the most likely winner of the Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina game.

This article offers further insights into Thursday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina prediction: Who will win and cover?

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

Our independent predictive model gives Coastal Carolina a 61% chance of defeating Georgia Southern. Our predicted final score has Coastal Carolina winning 78-75.

According to our model, Coastal Carolina (-2.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 157.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of staying under.

Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina 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.

Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina 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: