Merrimack vs. Marist prediction: Why Marist is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/19/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Monday at 2:00 PM ET as Merrimack takes on Marist in men's college basketball action at McCann Arena.

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

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

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

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

Our famous predictive model currently gives Marist an 80% chance of defeating Merrimack. Our predicted final score has Marist winning 71-63.

According to our model, Marist (-6.5) has a 57% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 133.5 points has a 52% chance of going over.

Merrimack 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.

Merrimack vs. Marist picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: