Kansas vs. West Virginia prediction: Why Kansas is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/10/2026]

West Virginia will face Kansas in men's college basketball action at Hope Coliseum on Saturday, commencing at 12:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Kansas as the most likely winner of the Kansas vs. West Virginia game.

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

Kansas vs. West Virginia prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball matchup between Kansas and West Virginia 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Kansas a 57% chance of beating West Virginia. Our predicted final score has Kansas winning 69-68.

According to our model, West Virginia (+1.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the 139.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of going over.

Kansas vs. West Virginia 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 vs. West Virginia 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: