Louisiana-Lafayette vs. South Alabama prediction: South Alabama favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

South Alabama will face Louisiana-Lafayette in men's college basketball action at Mitchell Center on Saturday, beginning at 4:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts South Alabama as the most likely winner of the Louisiana-Lafayette vs. South Alabama game.

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

Louisiana-Lafayette vs. South Alabama prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball matchup between Louisiana-Lafayette and South Alabama 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives South Alabama an 82% chance of beating Louisiana-Lafayette. Our predicted final score has South Alabama winning 71-63.

According to our model, Louisiana-Lafayette (+9.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 128.5 points has a 56% chance of going over.

Louisiana-Lafayette vs. South Alabama 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.

Louisiana-Lafayette vs. South Alabama 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: