Long Beach State vs. UC Irvine prediction: UC Irvine favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/8/2026]

UC Irvine and Long Beach State will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Bren Events Center on Thursday, with tipoff at 10:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects UC Irvine as the most likely winner of the Long Beach State vs. UC Irvine game.

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

Long Beach State vs. UC Irvine prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Long Beach State and UC Irvine 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives UC Irvine an 83% chance of beating Long Beach State. Our predicted final score has UC Irvine winning 78-68.

According to our model, UC Irvine (-10.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 142.5 points has a 53% chance of going over.

Long Beach State vs. UC Irvine 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.

Long Beach State vs. UC Irvine 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: