North Texas vs. Rice prediction: Why North Texas is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [2/4/2026]

Rice and North Texas are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at Tudor Fieldhouse on Wednesday, with tipoff at 8:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects North Texas as the most likely winner of the North Texas vs. Rice game.

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

North Texas vs. Rice prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Wednesday's NCAA basketball game between North Texas and Rice 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives North Texas a 57% chance of beating Rice. Our predicted final score has North Texas winning 67-66.

According to our model, Rice (+1.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 133.5 points has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

North Texas vs. Rice 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.

North Texas vs. Rice 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: