Winthrop vs. North Dakota prediction: Winthrop favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/18/2025]

North Dakota and Winthrop are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center on Thursday, with tipoff at 8:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Winthrop as the most likely winner of the Winthrop vs. North Dakota game.

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

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

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

Our leading predictive model gives Winthrop an 83% chance of beating North Dakota. Our predicted final score has Winthrop winning 82-72.

According to our model, North Dakota (+12.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 156.5 points has a 52% chance of staying under.

Winthrop 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.

Winthrop vs. North Dakota picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: