Merrimack vs. Sacred Heart prediction: Sacred Heart favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/29/2025]

Men's college basketball action continues on Monday at 2:00 PM ET as Merrimack locks horns with Sacred Heart in men's college basketball action at William H. Pitt Center.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model gives Sacred Heart a slight edge with a 54% win probability over Merrimack.

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

Merrimack vs. Sacred Heart prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Monday's NCAA basketball game between Merrimack and Sacred Heart 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Sacred Heart a 54% chance of defeating Merrimack. Our predicted final score has Sacred Heart winning 72-71.

According to our model, Merrimack (+1.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 141.5 points has a 55% chance of going over.

Merrimack vs. Sacred Heart 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.

Merrimack vs. Sacred Heart 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: