West Virginia vs. Houston prediction: Houston favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/13/2026]

Houston and West Virginia will meet in men's college basketball action at Fertitta Center on Tuesday, starting at 8:30 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects Houston as the most likely winner of the West Virginia vs. Houston game.

This article offers further insights into Tuesday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

West Virginia vs. Houston prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Tuesday's NCAA basketball game between West Virginia and Houston 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives Houston a 93% chance of defeating West Virginia. Our predicted final score has Houston winning 73-58.

According to our model, Houston (-13.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 128.5 points has a 54% chance of going over.

West Virginia vs. Houston 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.

West Virginia vs. Houston picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: