South Dakota State vs. Arizona prediction: Why Arizona is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/29/2025]

Arizona and South Dakota State will lock horns in men's college basketball action at McKale Center on Monday, with tipoff at 9:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Arizona as the most likely winner of the South Dakota State vs. Arizona game.

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

South Dakota State vs. Arizona prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the result of Monday's NCAA basketball matchup between South Dakota State and Arizona 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives Arizona a 99% chance of defeating South Dakota State. Our predicted final score has Arizona winning 94-63.

According to our model, South Dakota State (+33.5) has a 54% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 157.5 points has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

South Dakota State vs. Arizona 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.

South Dakota State vs. Arizona 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: