Fairfield vs. Marist prediction: Why Marist is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Marist and Fairfield will lock horns in men's college basketball action at McCann Arena on Saturday, with tipoff at 2:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Marist as the most likely winner of the Fairfield vs. Marist game.

This article offers an expanded analysis of Saturday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Fairfield vs. Marist prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball matchup between Fairfield and Marist 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives Marist an 81% chance of defeating Fairfield. Our predicted final score has Marist winning 75-66.

According to our model, Marist (-8.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 142.5 points has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Fairfield vs. Marist 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.

Fairfield vs. Marist 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: