Santa Clara vs. Saint Mary's prediction: Saint Mary's favored to win men's college basketball matchup [3/9/2026]

Saint Mary's and Santa Clara will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Orleans Arena on Monday, with tipoff at 11:30 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects Saint Mary's as the most likely winner of the Santa Clara vs. Saint Mary's game.

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

Santa Clara vs. Saint Mary's prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Monday's NCAA basketball matchup between Santa Clara and Saint Mary's 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Saint Mary's a 64% chance of defeating Santa Clara. Our predicted final score has Saint Mary's winning 76-72.

According to our model, Santa Clara (+4.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 148.5 points has a 51% chance of staying under.

Santa Clara vs. Saint Mary's 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.

Santa Clara vs. Saint Mary's 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: