The fourth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (23-6, 13-3 SEC) and 17th-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks (24-5, 12-4 SEC) meet in a key matchup on Wednesday. The Volunteers have a six-game winning streak, while the Gamecocks have won three in a row.

Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C. The latest Tennessee vs. South Carolina odds from SportsLine consensus list the Volunteers as 5.5-point favorites, while the over/under for total points is 142. (See up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page.) 

Before making any Tennessee vs. South Carolina picks or any other college basketball predictions, you NEED to see what the SportsLine Projection Model has to say.

The model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. It enters Week 18 of the 2023-24 season on a 141-100 roll on all top-rated college basketball picks dating back to last season, returning more than $1,700 for $100 players. It is also off to a sizzling 26-17 start on top-rated spread picks this season. Anyone following has seen HUGE returns!

The model knows Tennessee senior guard Dalton Knecht has started all 29 games this season and is averaging 20.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 29.6 minutes. He is in his first season with the program, after spending the past two years at Northern Colorado. In last week's 92-84 win over Auburn, he poured in 39 points and had three steals.

It is also aware that junior guard Meechie Johnson has been red hot for the Gamecocks, scoring 20 or more points in each of the past two games. In Saturday's win over Florida, he scored 25 points, while grabbing four rebounds, dishing out three assists and adding two steals. He had 22 points, five rebounds and three assists in a 70-68 win at Texas A&M on Feb. 28.

Now, it has simulated Tennessee vs. South Carolina 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Under the total and it also says one side of the spread cashes in nearly 60% of simulations! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in your own picks.

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