Nicholls State vs. New Orleans prediction: New Orleans favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/10/2026]

New Orleans will square off with Nicholls State in men's college basketball action at Lakefront Arena on Saturday, beginning at 6:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts New Orleans as the most likely winner of the Nicholls State vs. New Orleans game.

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

Nicholls State vs. New Orleans prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Nicholls State and New Orleans 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives New Orleans a 55% chance of beating Nicholls State. Our predicted final score has New Orleans winning 76-75.

According to our model, Nicholls State (+2.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the 151.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of going over.

Nicholls State vs. New Orleans 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.

Nicholls State vs. New Orleans 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: