Illinois-Chicago vs. Belmont prediction: Belmont favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/13/2025]

Belmont will square off with Illinois-Chicago in men's college basketball action at Curb Event Center Arena on Saturday, commencing at 4:00PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects Belmont as the most likely winner of the Illinois-Chicago vs. Belmont game.

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

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

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

Our leading predictive model currently gives Belmont an 88% chance of beating Illinois-Chicago. Our predicted final score has Belmont winning 83-70.

According to our model, Illinois-Chicago (+14.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the 154.5-point over/under has a 53% chance of staying under.

Illinois-Chicago vs. Belmont 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.

Illinois-Chicago vs. Belmont 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: