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

Marshall and James Madison will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Cam Henderson Center on Saturday, starting at 4:00 PM ET.

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

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

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

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between James Madison and Marshall 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Marshall a 67% chance of defeating James Madison. Our predicted final score has Marshall winning 77-72.

According to our model, Marshall (-4.5) has a 52% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 151.5 points has a 53% chance of staying under.

James Madison vs. Marshall 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. Marshall 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: