Long Beach State vs. UC Santa Barbara prediction: UC Santa Barbara favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/4/2025]

UC Santa Barbara will square off with Long Beach State in men's college basketball action at The Thunderdome on Thursday, commencing at 9:00PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts UC Santa Barbara as the most likely winner of the Long Beach State vs. UC Santa Barbara game.

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

Long Beach State vs. UC Santa Barbara prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday's NCAA basketball matchup between Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives UC Santa Barbara a 91% chance of defeating Long Beach State. Our predicted final score has UC Santa Barbara winning 79-65.

According to our model, UC Santa Barbara (-13.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the 141.5-point over/under has a 51% chance of going over.

Long Beach State vs. UC Santa Barbara 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.

Long Beach State vs. UC Santa Barbara 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: