The North Alabama Lions visit the Texas Tech Red Raiders for a New Year's Day showdown at 2 p.m. ET on Monday. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists the Red Raiders as 18-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 144 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page). 

Before making any Texas Tech vs. North Alabama 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 8 of the 2023-24 season on a 101-64 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 sizzling 11-3 start on top-rated spread picks this season. Anyone following has seen HUGE returns!

The model knows Texas Tech went 5-0 in December after suffering an overtime loss to Butler at the end of November. The Red Raiders are coming off a 96-60 win over Sam Houston State, which was their most lopsided victory of the season. Sophomore Pop Isaacs poured in a career-high 28 points in that game, knocking down five 3-pointers to improve his team-best scoring average to 15.4 points per game. 

The model also knows North Alabama has already faced three high-level teams this season, including an 83-66 loss to Indiana in its most recent outing. North Alabama led Kansas State by as many as 13 points and for all but the last eight seconds of the second half before losing in overtime. The Lions are allowing just 74.4 points per game and have six players averaging between 7.2 and 13.6 points per game. 

Now, it has set its sights on Texas Tech vs. North Alabama. We can tell you the model is leaning Over the total, and it also says one side of the spread hits in nearly 60% of simulations! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in any college basketball picks.

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