Green Bay vs. Purdue Fort Wayne prediction: Why Purdue Fort Wayne is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/1/2026]

Purdue Fort Wayne will face Green Bay in men's college basketball action at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on New Year's Day, starting at 2:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Purdue Fort Wayne as the most likely winner of the Green Bay vs. Purdue Fort Wayne game.

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

Green Bay vs. Purdue Fort Wayne prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the result of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Green Bay and Purdue Fort Wayne 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Purdue Fort Wayne a 76% chance of beating Green Bay. Our predicted final score has Purdue Fort Wayne winning 79-71.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and Green Bay and Purdue Fort Wayne each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 148.5 points has a 54% chance of going over.

Green Bay vs. Purdue Fort Wayne 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.

Green Bay vs. Purdue Fort Wayne picks and best bet

After matching our predictions against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: