Kansas City vs. North Dakota prediction: North Dakota favored to win men's college basketball matchup [2/19/2026]

North Dakota will square off with Kansas City in men's college basketball action at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center on Thursday, commencing at 8:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts North Dakota as the most likely winner of the Kansas City vs. North Dakota game.

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

Kansas City vs. North Dakota prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the result of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Kansas City and North Dakota 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives North Dakota an 83% chance of defeating Kansas City. Our predicted final score has North Dakota winning 80-70.

According to our model, North Dakota (-9.5) has a 52% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 150.5 points has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Kansas City vs. North Dakota 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.

Kansas City vs. North Dakota 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: