Northern Arizona vs. Montana prediction: Why Montana is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/1/2026]

Montana will face Northern Arizona in men's college basketball action at Dahlberg Arena on New Year's Day, starting at 6:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Montana as the most likely winner of the Northern Arizona vs. Montana game.

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

Northern Arizona vs. Montana prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Northern Arizona and Montana 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Montana a 78% chance of defeating Northern Arizona. Our predicted final score has Montana winning 78-70.

According to our model, Montana (-6.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 148.5 points has a 52% chance of staying under.

Northern Arizona vs. Montana 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.

Northern Arizona vs. Montana 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: