The No. 4 seed Tennessee Volunteers meet the No. 9 seed Florida Atlantic Owls in a Sweet 16 tilt in New York City at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday. Tennessee is favored by 4.5 points at Caesars Sportsbook, while the over/under is set at 129.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page). 

Before making any Florida Atlantic vs. Tennessee picks, you NEED to check out the college basketball predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. The model enters the Sweet 16 round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament 83-54 on all-top rated college basketball picks this season, returning more than $1,500 for $100 players. It also went 4-1 on top-rated picks during the first week of March Madness. Anybody who has followed it has seen HUGE returns. 

The model knows Florida Atlantic is fantastic on offense. The Owls are scoring more than 1.12 points per possession this season, a top-15 mark in the country, and FAU is making 53.9% of 2-point attempts and 36.7% of 3-point attempts. Florida Atlantic makes 9.7 3-pointers per game this season, and the Owls commit a turnover on only 16.4% of offensive possessions. The Owls also add extra opportunities by grabbing nearly 31% of missed shots on the offensive glass.

The model also knows Tennessee is the best defensive team in the country. The Volunteers are giving up only 87.3 points per 100 possessions and 57.8 points per game this season. Tennessee also leads the nation in 3-point defense (26.4%) with a top-five mark in field goal percentage allowed (37.2%). Opponents average only 9.8 assists per game against Tennessee while committing a turnover on 22.2% of possessions. 

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

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