Mount St. Mary's vs. Canisius prediction: Why Mount St. Mary's is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Saturday at 12:00 PM ET as Mount St. Mary's squares off with Canisius in men's college basketball action at Koessler Athletic Center.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects Mount St. Mary's as the most likely winner of the Mount St. Mary's vs. Canisius game.

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

Mount St. Mary's vs. Canisius prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Mount St. Mary's and Canisius 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives Mount St. Mary's a 62% chance of defeating Canisius. Our predicted final score has Mount St. Mary's winning 70-67.

According to our model, Mount St. Mary's (-2.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 135.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of going over.

Mount St. Mary's vs. Canisius 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.

Mount St. Mary's vs. Canisius 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: