Tennessee-Martin vs. Morehead State prediction: Why Tennessee-Martin is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/8/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Thursday at 7:30 PM ET as Tennessee-Martin takes on Morehead State in men's college basketball action at Ellis T. Johnson Arena.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Tennessee-Martin as the most likely winner of the Tennessee-Martin vs. Morehead State game.

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

Tennessee-Martin vs. Morehead State prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday's NCAA basketball matchup between Tennessee-Martin and Morehead State 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Tennessee-Martin a 58% chance of beating Morehead State. Our predicted final score has Tennessee-Martin winning 70-68.

According to our model, Morehead State (+2.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the 135.5-point over/under has a 55% chance of going over.

Tennessee-Martin vs. Morehead State 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.

Tennessee-Martin vs. Morehead State 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: