The UCF Knights and the South Florida Bulls will face off in an American Athletic tournament opening round clash at 1 p.m. ET Thursday at Dickies Arena. South Florida is 14-17 while the Knights are 16-14.  The latest UCF vs. South Florida odds see this game as a pick 'em, and the Over-Under is set at 126.5. Before you make any South Florida vs. UCF picks and predictions, you'll want to see 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 UCF vs. South Florida 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 almost 70 percent of simulations. You absolutely need to see it before locking in your own picks.

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