Northern Illinois vs. Eastern Michigan prediction: Why Eastern Michigan is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/13/2026]

Eastern Michigan will square off with Northern Illinois in men's college basketball action at George Gervin GameAbove Center on Tuesday, starting at 6:30 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects Eastern Michigan as the most likely winner of the Northern Illinois vs. Eastern Michigan game.

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

Northern Illinois vs. Eastern Michigan prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the result of Tuesday's NCAA basketball game between Northern Illinois and Eastern Michigan 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Eastern Michigan an 82% chance of defeating Northern Illinois. Our predicted final score has Eastern Michigan winning 75-65.

According to our model, the bookies have got it right, and Northern Illinois and Eastern Michigan each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 137.5 points has a 53% chance of going over.

Northern Illinois vs. Eastern Michigan 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.

Northern Illinois vs. Eastern Michigan 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: