Marshall vs. James Madison prediction: James Madison favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/7/2026]

James Madison will square off with Marshall, in what is expected to be a close Men's College Basketball game, at Atlantic Union Bank Center on Wednesday, beginning at 7:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model gives James Madison a slight edge with a 53% win probability over Marshall.

This article offers a closer look at Wednesday's Marshall vs. James Madison matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

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

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

Our independent predictive model currently gives James Madison a 53% chance of beating Marshall. Our predicted final score has James Madison winning 76-75.

According to our model, Marshall (+1.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the 152.5-point over/under has a 53% chance of staying under.

Marshall vs. James Madison odds

We have sourced 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.

Marshall vs. James Madison 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: