Rice vs. Tulsa prediction: Why Tulsa is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/31/2025]

Men's college basketball action continues on Wednesday at 2:00 PM ET as Rice faces off with the favored Tulsa in men's college basketball action at Donald W. Reynolds Center.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Tulsa as the most likely winner of the Rice vs. Tulsa game.

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

Rice vs. Tulsa prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Wednesday's NCAA basketball matchup between Rice and Tulsa 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Tulsa an 87% chance of beating Rice. Our predicted final score has Tulsa winning 82-70.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and Rice and Tulsa each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the 151.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of going over.

Rice vs. Tulsa 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.

Rice vs. Tulsa 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: