North Carolina vs. Syracuse prediction, odds, line, time: 2026 faculty basketball picks from confirmed mannequin

Groups trying to get again on monitor meet when the No. 16 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels face the Syracuse Orange in a key Atlantic Coast Convention matchup on Saturday. North Carolina is coming off an 82-58 loss at North Carolina State on Tuesday, whereas Syracuse dropped a 101-64 resolution at Duke on Monday. The Tar Heels (20-6, 8-5 ACC), who’re tied for sixth within the convention, are 3-5 on the street this season. The Orange (15-12, 6-8 ACC), who’re tied for eleventh, are 12-4 on their house flooring. Caleb Wilson (fractured hand) is predicted to overlook the sport for UNC.

Tipoff from JMA Wi-fi Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., is ready for 1 p.m. ET. UNC leads the all-time collection 19-7, together with an 87-77 win on Feb. 2. North Carolina is a 1.5-point favourite within the newest North Carolina vs. Syracuse odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, whereas the over/beneath for whole factors scored is 152.5. Earlier than making any North Carolina vs. Syracuse picks, try the boys’s faculty basketball predictions and betting recommendation from the SportsLine Projection Mannequin.

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The SportsLine Projection Mannequin simulates each faculty basketball recreation 10,000 occasions and it entered Week 16 on a scorching 11-1 run on its top-rated over/beneath faculty basketball picks courting again to final season, and is on a 13-7 run on top-rated CBB aspect picks. Anybody following its faculty basketball betting recommendation at sportsbooks and on betting apps might have seen robust returns.

Now, the mannequin has simulated UNC vs. Syracuse 10,000 occasions and simply revealed its coveted males’s faculty basketball picks and betting predictions. You may head to SportsLine now to see the mannequin’s picks. Listed here are a number of males’s faculty basketball odds and males’s faculty basketball betting traces for Syracuse vs. North Carolina:

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High Syracuse vs. North Carolina predictions

SportsLine’s mannequin is going Underneath on the entire (152.5 factors). The Underneath has hit in three of the final 4 North Carolina video games, and in two of the final 4 Syracuse video games. The Tar Heels and Orange are additionally each 5-5 in opposition to the unfold in every of their final 10 video games.

The mannequin tasks the Tar Heels to have two gamers rating 14.7 factors or extra, together with Henri Veesaar’s projected 15.2 factors. The Orange are projected to have 5 gamers rating 10.9 or extra factors, led by Donnie Freeman, who’s projected to attain 15.7 factors. The Underneath clears in 55% of simulations.

The right way to make North Carolina vs. Syracuse picks

The mannequin additionally says one aspect of the unfold hits nicely over 60% of the time. You may solely see that decide at SportsLine.

So who wins North Carolina vs. Syracuse, and which aspect of the unfold hits nicely over 60% of the time? Go to SportsLine now to see which aspect of the North Carolina vs. Syracuse unfold to again, all from the superior mannequin that has simulated this recreation 10,000 occasions, and discover out.