Men’s college basketball action continues on New Year’s Day at 5:00 PM ET as the favored UC Irvine locks horns with Cal State Bakersfield in men’s college basketball action at Icardo Center.<\/p>\n
Based on the latest simulations, Dimers’ advanced college basketball model predicts UC Irvine as the most likely winner of the UC Irvine vs. Cal State Bakersfield<\/a> game.<\/p>\n This article offers a closer look at Thursday’s matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.<\/p>\n UC Irvine vs. Cal State Bakersfield prediction: Who will win and cover?<\/p>\n Using powerful machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the result of Thursday’s NCAA basketball matchup between UC Irvine and Cal State Bakersfield 10,000 times as part of our men’s college basketball predictions<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n Our famous predictive model currently gives UC Irvine an 83% chance of beating Cal State Bakersfield. Our predicted final score has UC Irvine winning 78-67.<\/p>\n According to our model, Cal State Bakersfield (+11.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the 143.5-point over\/under has a 53% chance of going over.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n UC Irvine vs. Cal State Bakersfield odds<\/p>\n