Tennessee Tech vs. Eastern Illinois prediction: Why Tennessee Tech is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/8/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Thursday at 8:30 PM ET as Tennessee Tech locks horns with Eastern Illinois in men's college basketball action at Lantz Arena.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model gives Tennessee Tech a slight edge with a 53% win probability over Eastern Illinois.

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

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

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

Our famous predictive model currently gives Tennessee Tech a 53% chance of defeating Eastern Illinois. Our predicted score is Tennessee Tech 71-71 Eastern Illinois.

According to our model, Eastern Illinois (+1.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 140.5 points has a 54% chance of going over.

While there is no way for a men's college basketball game to end in a tie, our prediction of 71-71 is based on each team's average score in the above-mentioned simulations of Tennessee Tech vs. Eastern Illinois.

Tennessee Tech vs. Eastern Illinois 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.

Tennessee Tech vs. Eastern Illinois 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: