The Providence Friars and the No. 24 Butler Bulldogs will face off in a 2020 Big East tournament second round clash at 2:30 p.m. ET Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Butler is 22-9 while the Friars are 19-12. Providence is ranked fourth in the Big East; Butler is ranked fifth. The Bulldogs are favored by 1.5 points in the latest Providence vs. Butler odds, and the Over-Under is set at 129.5. Before you make any Butler vs. Providence picks and predictions, check out what the SportsLine Projection Model is saying.

This model, which simulates every game 10,000 times, has crushed its top-rated college basketball picks against the spread the past three years, returning $2,770 to $100 players. It also entered Week 19 of the 2019-20 season on a 75-53 run on all top-rated college basketball picks. Anybody who followed it has seen huge returns.

Now, it has simulated Providence vs. Butler 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over, and it's also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in well over 60 percent of simulations. 

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