Lamar vs. New Orleans prediction: Lamar favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/19/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Monday at 8:00 PM ET as Lamar locks horns with New Orleans in men's college basketball action at Lakefront Arena.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model gives Lamar a slight edge with a 53% win probability over New Orleans.

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

Lamar vs. New Orleans prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Monday's NCAA basketball matchup between Lamar and New Orleans 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives Lamar a 53% chance of beating New Orleans. Our predicted score is Lamar 73-73 New Orleans.

According to our model, New Orleans (+1.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 144.5 points has a 54% chance of going over.

While there is no way for a men's college basketball game to end in a tie, our prediction of 73-73 is based on each team's average score in the above-mentioned simulations of Lamar vs. New Orleans.

Lamar vs. New Orleans odds

We have researched 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.

Lamar vs. New Orleans picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: