Tennessee Tech vs. Arkansas-Little Rock prediction: Why Arkansas-Little Rock is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/1/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on New Year's Day at 6:00 PM ET as Tennessee Tech squares off with Arkansas-Little Rock in men's college basketball action at Jack Stephens Center.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model gives Arkansas-Little Rock a slight edge with a 51% win probability over Tennessee Tech.

This article offers an expanded analysis of Thursday's Tennessee Tech vs. Arkansas-Little Rock matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Tennessee Tech vs. Arkansas-Little Rock prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Tennessee Tech and Arkansas-Little Rock 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Arkansas-Little Rock a 51% chance of defeating Tennessee Tech. Our predicted final score has Arkansas-Little Rock winning 71-70.

According to our model, Tennessee Tech (+1.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 142.5 points has a 52% chance of staying under.

Tennessee Tech vs. Arkansas-Little Rock 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 Tech vs. Arkansas-Little Rock 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: