James Madison vs. Arkansas prediction: Why Arkansas is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/29/2025]

Arkansas will square off with James Madison in men's college basketball action at Bud Walton Arena on Monday, starting at 8:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Arkansas as the most likely winner of the James Madison vs. Arkansas game.

This article offers a closer look at Monday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

James Madison vs. Arkansas prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Monday's NCAA basketball matchup between James Madison and Arkansas 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Arkansas a 97% chance of beating James Madison. Our predicted final score has Arkansas winning 93-68.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and James Madison and Arkansas each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the 161.5-point over/under has a 51% chance of going over.

James Madison vs. Arkansas 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.

James Madison vs. Arkansas picks and best bet

After matching our predictions against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: