Xavier vs. St. John's prediction: St. John's favored to win men's college basketball matchup [2/9/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Monday at 6:30 PM ET as Xavier faces off with the favored St. John's in men's college basketball action at Madison Square Garden.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects St. John's as the most likely winner of the Xavier vs. St. John's game.

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

Xavier vs. St. John's prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Monday's NCAA basketball matchup between Xavier and St. John's 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives St. John's a 93% chance of defeating Xavier. Our predicted final score has St. John's winning 88-70.

According to our model, St. John's (-16.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the 159.5-point over/under has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Xavier vs. St. John'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.

Xavier vs. St. John's picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: