Ohio State vs. North Carolina odds, line, spread: Proven model reveals college basketball picks for Dec. 17, 2022

The 2022 CBS Sports Classic will take place at Madison Square Garden on Saturday and the action begins with the No. 23 Ohio State Buckeyes taking on the unranked North Carolina Tar Heels. The Buckeyes began the season unranked but have crawled inside the AP Top 25 with a 7-2 start while the Tar Heels have dropped out of the rankings after beginning the season ranked first thanks to a 6-4 start. These two programs most recently met in 2019 when Chris Holtman's Buckeyes defeated the Tar Heels 74-49 while Hubert Davis (now head coach) was still an assistant under Roy Williams.

Tipoff for is set for 3 p.m. ET in New York City. The latest Ohio State vs. North Carolina odds from Caesars Sportsbook list the Tar Heels as 2.5-point favorites, while the over/under for total points is set at 149.5. Saturday's showdown will be televised on CBS and streamed live on Paramount+ with their MUST-HAVE Premium plan. Plus, you can watch games on ANY device!

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

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. The model enters Week 6 of the 2022-23 college basketball season on a strong 17-10 roll on all top-rated CBB picks, returning almost $300. Anybody who has followed it has seen profitable returns.

Now, it has simulated Ohio State vs. North Carolina 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Under and it also says one side of the spread hits 70% of the time. You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in your own picks. And don't forget you may be able to stream the game on Paramount+ on ANY DEVICE!

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