Howard vs. North Carolina Central prediction: Howard favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Saturday at 4:30 PM ET as the favored Howard takes on North Carolina Central in men's college basketball action at McDougald-McLendon Arena.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Howard as the most likely winner of the Howard vs. North Carolina Central game.

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

Howard vs. North Carolina Central prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Howard and North Carolina Central 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives Howard a 72% chance of beating North Carolina Central. Our predicted final score has Howard winning 72-66.

According to our model, North Carolina Central (+5.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 140.5 points has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Howard vs. North Carolina Central 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.

Howard vs. North Carolina Central picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: