Old Dominion vs. Coastal Carolina prediction: Why Coastal Carolina is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/8/2026]

Coastal Carolina will square off with Old Dominion in men's college basketball action at HTC Center on Thursday, starting at 7:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects Coastal Carolina as the most likely winner of the Old Dominion vs. Coastal Carolina game.

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

Old Dominion vs. Coastal Carolina prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Old Dominion and Coastal Carolina 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives Coastal Carolina a 66% chance of defeating Old Dominion. Our predicted final score has Coastal Carolina winning 76-72.

According to our model, Coastal Carolina (-4.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 150.5 points has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Old Dominion vs. Coastal Carolina 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.

Old Dominion vs. Coastal Carolina 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: