Western Illinois vs. Arkansas-Little Rock prediction: Why Arkansas-Little Rock is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Saturday at 4:00 PM ET as Western Illinois takes on the favored Arkansas-Little Rock in men's college basketball action at Jack Stephens Center.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects Arkansas-Little Rock as the most likely winner of the Western Illinois vs. Arkansas-Little Rock game.

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

Western Illinois vs. Arkansas-Little Rock prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball matchup between Western Illinois and Arkansas-Little Rock 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives Arkansas-Little Rock an 82% chance of defeating Western Illinois. Our predicted final score has Arkansas-Little Rock winning 73-64.

According to our model, Western Illinois (+9.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the 135.5-point over/under has a 53% chance of going over.

Western Illinois vs. Arkansas-Little Rock 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.

Western Illinois 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: