Illinois-Chicago vs. Evansville prediction: Why Illinois-Chicago is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [2/18/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Wednesday at 8:00 PM ET as the favored Illinois-Chicago takes on Evansville in men's college basketball action at Ford Center.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Illinois-Chicago as the most likely winner of the Illinois-Chicago vs. Evansville game.

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

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

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

Our independent predictive model currently gives Illinois-Chicago an 81% chance of beating Evansville. Our predicted final score has Illinois-Chicago winning 74-66.

According to our model, Illinois-Chicago (-8.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 140.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of going over.

Illinois-Chicago vs. Evansville 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. Evansville picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: