The No. 8 North Carolina Tar Heels visit the Pittsburgh Panthers for an ACC showdown at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists the Tar Heels as 4.5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 157.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page). 

Before making any North Carolina vs. Pittsburgh picks, you NEED to check out the college basketball predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.

The model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. It enters Week 9 of the 2023-24 season on a 101-66 roll on all top-rated college basketball picks dating back to last season, returning more than $2,000 for $100 players. It is also off to a fast 11-4 start on top-rated spread picks this season. Anyone following has seen HUGE returns!

The model knows North Carolina senior guard RJ Davis has scored 20 or more points in each of the last eight games and is coming off his first double-double of the season. In the win over Charleston Southern, Davis scored 20 points, while dishing out 10 assists. He scored a season-high 30 points in an 87-72 win over 20th-ranked Arkansas on Nov. 24. For the season, he is averaging 21.6 points, 3.6 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 33.8 minutes of action.

The model also knows the Panthers have three players averaging 10 points or more, led by senior forward Blake Hinson, who is in his second year with the program. Hinson averages 19.5 points, five rebounds and one assist in 31.2 minutes of action. He is hitting 46.1% of his field goals, including a blistering 43.8% from 3-point range. He has reached double-figure scoring in 12 of 13 games, including a season-high 29 points in an 80-63 win at West Virginia on Dec. 6.

Now, it has set its sights on North Carolina vs. Pittsburgh. We can tell you the model is leaning Under the total, and it also says one side of the spread hits in more than 80% of simulations! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in any college basketball picks.

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