Wichita State vs. East Carolina prediction: Why Wichita State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [2/18/2026]

East Carolina will square off with the favored Wichita State in men's college basketball action at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Wednesday, starting at 7:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects Wichita State as the most likely winner of the Wichita State vs. East Carolina game.

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

Wichita State vs. East Carolina prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Wednesday's NCAA basketball game between Wichita State and East Carolina 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives Wichita State a 78% chance of defeating East Carolina. Our predicted final score has Wichita State winning 80-72.

According to our model, Wichita State (-8.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 149.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of going over.

Wichita State vs. East Carolina 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.

Wichita State vs. East Carolina 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: