The top-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels meet the No. 4-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide on Thursday night in an NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup. Tipoff is set for 9:39 p.m. ET from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The Tar Heels are 4.5-point favorites and the over/under for total points scored is 173.5 in the latest UNC vs. Alabama odds from SportsLine consensus. 

Before making any Alabama vs. North Carolina picks or NCAA Tournament predictions, you need to check out the college basketball predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model. (See up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page.)

The model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. It enters the Sweet 16 round of the 2024 NCAA tournament on a 152-109 roll on all top-rated college basketball picks dating back to last season, returning more than $1,800 for $100 players. It also has a strong 32-21 (+890) record on top-rated spread picks this season, and it called 13 Sweet 16 teams this year. Anyone following has seen HUGE returns!  

For Thursday, the model has set its sights on Alabama vs. North Carolina. We can tell you the model is leaning Under on the point total, and it also says one side of the spread hits in almost 70% of simulations! You absolutely need to see the model before locking in any college basketball picks.

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