Northern Colorado vs. South Dakota Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Dec. 6

The Northern Colorado Bears (8-1) host the South Dakota Coyotes (5-4) at Bank of Colorado Arena, starting at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, December 6, 2025. The Bears are 9.5-point favorites in the game. The matchup's over/under is set at 163.5.

Their last time out, Northern Colorado won on Wednesday 75-70 against Omaha. Quinn Denker scored a team-best 22 points for Northern Colorado in the victory. South Dakota fell in its most recent game 77-71 against Portland State on Wednesday. Isaac Bruns scored 28 points in South Dakota's loss, leading the team.

Northern Colorado vs. South Dakota Odds and Game Time

• When: Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET
• Where: Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley, Colorado
• Spread favorite: Northern Colorado -9.5
• Moneyline favorite: Northern Colorado -513
• Moneyline underdog: South Dakota +383
• Over/Under: 163.5 points

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Betting the Over/Under: Northern Colorado vs. South Dakota

• Three of Northern Colorado's games this season have gone over Saturday's total of 163.5 points.
• There have been just two games featuring South Dakota this season with more combined points than Saturday's total of 163.5.
• Together, the two teams combine for 170.4 points per game, 6.9 points more than the point total of 163.5 for this game.
• The 149.8 points per game these two teams allow their opponents to score combined this season are 13.7 less than the 163.5-point total in this contest.
• On average, the over/under in Northern Colorado's games is 5.7 fewer points than the over/under of 163.5 in this matchup.
• A difference of 1.1 points separates this matchup's over/under (163.5 points) and the average over/under in South Dakota's games (162.4) this season.

Betting the Spread: Northern Colorado vs. South Dakota

• Northern Colorado has five wins against the spread in six games this season.
• South Dakota is 4-4-0 against the spread this season.
• The Coyotes have been underdogs by 9.5 points or more two times this season and covered the spread once.

Betting the Moneyline: Northern Colorado vs. South Dakota

• Northern Colorado has been listed as the moneyline favorite five times this season and has won all of those games.
• The Bears have not been a bigger favorite this season than the -513 moneyline set for this game.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Northern Colorado has a 83.7% chance to win.
• South Dakota has been named as the moneyline underdog three times this season but has yet to come away with a victory in any of those games.
• The Coyotes have been listed as an underdog of +383 or more on two occasions this season and lost both games.
• South Dakota has an implied victory probability of 20.7% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.

Dunkel Index Prediction for Northern Colorado vs. South Dakota

• Pick ATS: South Dakota (+ 9.5)
• Pick OU: Under (163.5)
  
• Prediction: Northern Colorado 79 - South Dakota 74