New Orleans vs. Texas Rio Grande Valley prediction: Why Texas Rio Grande Valley is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/29/2025]

Texas Rio Grande Valley will square off with New Orleans in men's college basketball action at UTRGV Fieldhouse on Monday, commencing at 7:30 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Texas Rio Grande Valley as the most likely winner of the New Orleans vs. Texas Rio Grande Valley game.

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

New Orleans vs. Texas Rio Grande Valley prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Monday's NCAA basketball matchup between New Orleans and Texas Rio Grande Valley 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives Texas Rio Grande Valley a 62% chance of beating New Orleans. Our predicted final score has Texas Rio Grande Valley winning 78-74.

According to our model, New Orleans (+3.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 154.5-point over/under has a 53% chance of staying under.

New Orleans vs. Texas Rio Grande Valley 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.

New Orleans vs. Texas Rio Grande Valley 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: