UC Santa Barbara vs. UC San Diego Prediction: UC San Diego Predicted to Win College Basketball Matchup [3/14/2025]

UC San Diego will take on UC Santa Barbara in college basketball action at Lee's Family Forum on Friday, commencing at 9:00PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model (see Dimers Pro for full access) projects UC San Diego as the most likely winner of today's game.

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"Employing the latest data, our experts simulated Friday's UC Santa Barbara-UC San Diego game 10,000 times," said Dimers' Chief Content Officer, Nick Slade.

"After computing the latest updates and thousands of other inputs, we predict UC San Diego's chance of winning is 87%, while UC Santa Barbara's is 13%."

For a closer look at Friday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks, visit our interactive UC Santa Barbara vs. UC San Diego predictions page.

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UC Santa Barbara vs. UC San Diego Prediction: Who Will Win, Cover the Spread?

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Friday's NCAA basketball matchup between UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego 10,000 times as part of our college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives UC San Diego an 87% chance of defeating UC Santa Barbara. Our predicted final score has UC San Diego winning 76-64.

According to our model, UC San Diego (-10.5) has a 54% chance of covering the spread, while the 138.5-point over/under has a 53% chance of going over.

UC Santa Barbara vs. UC San Diego Odds

We have sourced the best College Basketball odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

Bet Type	UC Santa Barbara	UC San Diego
Spread	+10.5 (-102)	-10.5 (-120)
Moneyline	+525	-670
Total	o138.5 (-105)	u138.5 (-110)

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

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UC Santa Barbara vs. UC San Diego Picks and Best Bets

Our model's strongest edge in today's UC Santa Barbara vs. UC San Diego matchup is on the spread.

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UC Santa Barbara vs. UC San Diego Game-Day Updates and Essential Details

Friday's college basketball game between UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara at Lee's Family Forum is scheduled to start at 9:00PM ET.

• Who: UC Santa Barbara vs. UC San Diego
• Date: Friday, March 14, 2025
• Time: 9:00PM ET/6:00PM PT
• Venue: Lee's Family Forum

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Conclusion

We predict UC San Diego, with an 87% win probability, will likely beat UC Santa Barbara on Friday.

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