North Dakota vs. Kansas City prediction: North Dakota favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/10/2026]

Kansas City will square off with North Dakota, in what is expected to be a close Men's College Basketball game, at Swinney Recreation Center on Saturday, commencing at 8:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model gives North Dakota a slight edge with a 51% win probability over Kansas City.

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

North Dakota vs. Kansas City prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between North Dakota and Kansas City 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives North Dakota a 51% chance of defeating Kansas City. Our predicted score is North Dakota 73-73 Kansas City.

According to our model, North Dakota (+1.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 146.5 points has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

While there is no way for a men's college basketball game to end in a tie, our prediction of 73-73 is based on each team's average score in the above-mentioned simulations of North Dakota vs. Kansas City.

North Dakota vs. Kansas City 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.

North Dakota vs. Kansas City 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: