Portland vs. UC Santa Barbara prediction: UC Santa Barbara favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/22/2025]

UC Santa Barbara will take on Portland in men's college basketball action at The Thunderdome on Monday, commencing at 5:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts UC Santa Barbara as the most likely winner of the Portland vs. UC Santa Barbara game.

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

Portland vs. UC Santa Barbara prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Monday's NCAA basketball game between Portland and UC Santa Barbara 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives UC Santa Barbara an 81% chance of beating Portland. Our predicted final score has UC Santa Barbara winning 80-70.

According to our model, UC Santa Barbara (-8.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the 151.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of staying under.

Portland vs. UC Santa Barbara 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.

Portland vs. UC Santa Barbara 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: