Western Illinois vs. Eastern Illinois prediction: Why Eastern Illinois is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/13/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Tuesday at 8:30 PM ET as Western Illinois squares off with Eastern Illinois in men's college basketball action at Lantz Arena.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Eastern Illinois as the most likely winner of the Western Illinois vs. Eastern Illinois game.

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

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

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Tuesday's NCAA basketball matchup between Western Illinois and Eastern Illinois 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Eastern Illinois an 80% chance of defeating Western Illinois. Our predicted final score has Eastern Illinois winning 71-63.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and Western Illinois and Eastern Illinois each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the 132.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of going over.

Western Illinois 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.

Western Illinois vs. Eastern Illinois picks and best bet

After matching our predictions 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: