USC vs. Minnesota prediction: Why Minnesota is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/9/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Friday at 8:30 PM ET as USC locks horns with Minnesota in men's college basketball action at Williams Arena.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Minnesota as the most likely winner of the USC vs. Minnesota game.

This article offers an expanded analysis of Friday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

USC vs. Minnesota prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the result of Friday's NCAA basketball matchup between USC and Minnesota 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Minnesota a 63% chance of defeating USC. Our predicted final score has Minnesota winning 74-70.

According to our model, USC (+3.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 146.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of staying under.

USC vs. Minnesota 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.

USC vs. Minnesota 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: