Western Illinois vs. North Dakota prediction: North Dakota favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/13/2025]

North Dakota and Western Illinois are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center on Saturday, starting at 2:00PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts North Dakota as the most likely winner of the Western Illinois vs. North Dakota game.

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

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

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Western Illinois and North Dakota 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives North Dakota a 76% chance of defeating Western Illinois. Our predicted final score has North Dakota winning 77-69.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and Western Illinois and North Dakota each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 145.5 points has a 53% chance of going over.

Western Illinois vs. North Dakota 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. North Dakota 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: