Northern Kentucky vs. Milwaukee prediction: Why Milwaukee is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/9/2026]

Milwaukee and Northern Kentucky will meet in men's college basketball action at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena on Friday, with tipoff at 8:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Milwaukee as the most likely winner of the Northern Kentucky vs. Milwaukee game.

This article offers a closer look at Friday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Northern Kentucky vs. Milwaukee prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Friday's NCAA basketball game between Northern Kentucky and Milwaukee 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Milwaukee a 62% chance of beating Northern Kentucky. Our predicted final score has Milwaukee winning 80-77.

According to our model, Milwaukee (-2.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the 157.5-point over/under has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Northern Kentucky vs. Milwaukee 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.

Northern Kentucky vs. Milwaukee 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: