Illinois State vs. Drake prediction: Illinois State favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/29/2025]

Drake and Illinois State will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Knapp Center on Monday, with tipoff at 9:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Illinois State as the most likely winner of the Illinois State vs. Drake game.

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

Illinois State vs. Drake prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Monday's NCAA basketball game between Illinois State and Drake 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Illinois State a 62% chance of defeating Drake. Our predicted final score has Illinois State winning 74-71.

According to our model, Drake (+3.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 147.5 points has a 53% chance of staying under.

Illinois State vs. Drake 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.

Illinois State vs. Drake 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: