Mercer vs. Virginia Military prediction: Mercer favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/15/2026]

Virginia Military and Mercer will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Cameron Hall on Thursday, with tipoff at 6:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Mercer as the most likely winner of the Mercer vs. Virginia Military game.

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

Mercer vs. Virginia Military prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the result of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Mercer and Virginia Military 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives Mercer a 76% chance of defeating Virginia Military. Our predicted final score has Mercer winning 81-73.

According to our model, Virginia Military (+9.5) has a 57% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 154.5 points has a 51% chance of staying under.

Mercer vs. Virginia Military 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.

Mercer vs. Virginia Military 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: