SIUE vs. Tennessee Tech prediction: Why SIU-Edwardsville is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [2/19/2026]

Tennessee Tech will take on SIUE, in what is expected to be a close men's college basketball game, at Hooper Eblen Center on Thursday, commencing at 8:30 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model gives SIU-Edwardsville a slight edge with a 54% win probability over Tennessee Tech.

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

SIUE vs. Tennessee Tech prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday's NCAA basketball matchup between SIUE and Tennessee Tech 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives SIU-Edwardsville a 54% chance of beating Tennessee Tech. Our predicted final score has SIU-Edwardsville winning 71-69.

According to our model, Tennessee Tech (+1.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 135.5 points has a 57% chance of going over.

SIUE vs. Tennessee Tech 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.

SIUE vs. Tennessee Tech 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: