Howard vs. UNC Wilmington prediction: North Carolina-Wilmington favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/20/2025]

UNC Wilmington and Howard will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Raiford G. Trask Coliseum on Saturday, starting at 2:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects North Carolina-Wilmington as the most likely winner of the Howard vs. UNC Wilmington game.

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

Howard vs. UNC Wilmington prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Howard and UNC Wilmington 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives North Carolina-Wilmington a 92% chance of beating Howard. Our predicted final score has North Carolina-Wilmington winning 80-64.

According to our model, North Carolina-Wilmington (-14.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 142.5 points has a 54% chance of going over.

Howard vs. UNC Wilmington 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.

Howard vs. UNC Wilmington 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: