Following an unprecedented one-year hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, the NCAA Tournament returns in 2021 and first-round action tips at 12:15 p.m. ET on Friday.

With dozens of 2021 NCAA Tournament games on the odds board at William Hill Sportsbook (see the latest lines for each game on our college basketball odds page), you NEED to check out the college basketball predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. Over the past four-plus years, the proprietary computer model has generated an impressive profit of over $2,500 for $100 players on its top-rated college basketball picks against the spread. It has also returned almost $500 on all top-rated college basketball picks this season. Anyone who has followed it has seen HUGE returns.    

Now, it has simulated every 2021 NCAA Tournament game 10,000 times and revealed its point-spread selections and over-under picks for every single first-round contest.

We can tell you the model found value on Creighton (-7) covering against UC Santa Barbara in Friday's action. It sees the Bluejays covering the spread almost 70 percent of the time and the total going Over 138 points well over 70 percent of the time. 

The model has made the call on every other game on the 2021 NCAA Tournament first-round schedule, and it is calling for multiple SHOCKING upsets! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any college basketball picks.

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