Northern Colorado vs Colorado Prediction 12/28/2025 Today’s College Basketball Picks

The Northern Colorado Bears and the Colorado Buffaloes meet Sunday in college basketball action from Coors Events Center in Boulder. Here’s a Northern Colorado vs Colorado prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Northern Colorado vs Colorado pick. We will examine the recent form and player performances for both teams, as well as the recent betting trends and streaks pertaining to this matchup. As we conclude, we will tie it all together with a summary that produces a sensible pick for a favorable betting outcome in this game.

Northern Colorado Bears Betting Preview

The Bears lost just one of their first 10 games this year, versus St. Thomas-MN on November 21. Otherwise it was wins over Colorado College, Colorado Christian, Pepperdine, Portland, CSU Fullerton, Air Force, Regis CO, Omaha and South Dakota. Since then however, it’s been losses to Texas Tech and Denver, giving the Bears a 9-3 overall record this year.

In the Denver game on December 20, the Bears went into the second half with a 40-40 tie. Northern Colorado was outscored 46-39 the rest of the way in an 86-79 loss. Brock Wisne led the team with 27 points, six boards and four assists, and Ring Nyeri doubled up on 15 points and 13 rebounds. Ariik Mawien chipped in 13 points with six boards as well.

Colorado Buffaloes Betting Preview

Over on the Colorado side, they beat Montana State, Eastern Washington, Providence, Alabama State, UC Davis, San Francisco, Washington and Cal Baptist in their first eight outings. Since then it’s been a 2-2 run with losses to Colorado State and Stanford bookended around wins versus UTSA and Portland State. That gives Colorado a 10-2 record this season.

Matched up against Stanford on December 20, the Buffaloes were up by two points at halftime. Colorado was outscored 44-33 the rest of the way however, leading to a loss 77-68. Barrington Hargress was tops on 16 points and six assists while Sebastian Rancik had 14 points and eight rebounds. Isaiah Johnson added 11 points with four assists in the loss.

Northern Colorado Bears @ Colorado Buffaloes Betting Trends: December 28, 2025

Why the Colorado Buffaloes will win

• Colorado has won each of its last 23 games against non-Conference opponents at CU Events Center.
• Northern Colorado has lost each of its last 10 road games against the Big 12 Conference.

Why the Northern Colorado Bears will win

• Northern Colorado has won 28 of its last 36 games.

Total Points Facts

• Seventeen of Colorado’s last 19 day games have produced a total of 156 or fewer points.
• Each of Northern Colorado’s last three games have produced a total of 165+ points.

Northern Colorado vs Colorado Prediction

I’ll stick with Northern Colorado, but you could call this one either way. The Bears were outpaced in the second half by Denver in their latest loss, thanks mostly to a rough 5-of-25 (20 percent) from outside and 4-of-10 from the line. Otherwise Northern Colorado did well with 37 rebounds and a 58-40 edge on points in the paint. The Bears are scoring quite well these days; they’ve got 71 or more points in all 12 games so far this year.

As for Colorado, they were pretty ugly from outside (4-of-17 for 23.5 percent) and had 18 turnovers in their latest loss to Stanford. Outside of that the Buffaloes were competitive at the very least. Colorado is scoring well this year also. The 68 points in their last outing was their first time below 78 points thus far.

Andrew Jett's Pick: Northern Colorado Bears +14.5