The Midwest Region champion Purdue Boilermakers face the South Region champion NC State Wolfpack on Saturday in the 2024 NCAA Tournament Final Four. Tipoff is set for 6:09 p.m. ET from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The Boilermakers are 9-point favorites and the over/under for total points scored is 146 in the latest NC State vs. Purdue odds from SportsLine consensus. 

Before making any NC State vs. Purdue picks or NCAA Tournament predictions, you need to check out the college basketball predictions from SportsLine expert Zack Cimini. 

A Las Vegas handicapper who's never afraid to buck conventional wisdom, Cimini enters the Final Four as SportsLine's most profitable college basketball expert. He's 85-60-2 on his last 147 college basketball picks, returning $1,850 for $100 players. Anyone following him has seen HUGE returns!

Cimini knows senior center Zach Edey continues to dominate the opposition. The two-time National Player of the Year became the fifth player in NCAA history with 900 points and 450 rebounds in a season. He is the first player since Oscar Robertson in 1960 to lead the country in points per game and make the Final Four. Edey has started all 27 games for the Boilermakers, and is averaging 25 points, 12.2 rebounds and two assists in 31.6 minutes.

He is also aware senior guard D.J. Horne is supplying a lot of offense for NC State. In 39 games, including 35 starts, he is averaging 16.8 points in 32.4 minutes. Horne is connecting on 43.8% of his field goals, including a blistering 40.9% from 3-point range, and 81.1% from the free-throw line. He is coming off a 20-point, four-rebound and three-assist effort against Duke in the Elite Eight.

Now, Cimini has set its sights on North Carolina State vs. Purdue in the 2024 Final Four. We can tell you he is leaning Under on the point total, and he also has discovered a crucial x-factor that makes one side of the spread a must-back! You ABSOLUTELY need to see Cimini's analysis before locking in any college basketball picks.

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