Richmond vs. Elon prediction: Why Richmond is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/17/2025]

Elon will face Richmond in men's college basketball action at Schar Center on Wednesday, commencing at 7:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Richmond as the most likely winner of the Richmond vs. Elon game.

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

Richmond vs. Elon prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the result of Wednesday's NCAA basketball game between Richmond and Elon 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Richmond a 59% chance of beating Elon. Our predicted final score has Richmond winning 81-78.

According to our model, Elon (+3.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the 159.5-point over/under has a 51% chance of staying under.

Richmond vs. Elon 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.

Richmond vs. Elon 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: