The No. 10 Florida Atlantic Owls begin the 2023-24 season with a matchup against the Loyola Chicago Ramblers at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday as part of the 2023 Barstool Sports Invitational. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists FAU as a 6.5-point favorite, while the over/under is set at 142.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page). 

Before making any FAU vs. Loyola Chicago 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 went 85-55 on all top-rated college basketball picks last season, returning more than $1,600 for $100 players. Anyone who followed it saw HUGE returns!

The model knows Florida Atlantic returns the core of a 35-win team that reached the Final Four a year ago. The Owls are potent on offense, but FAU also allowed only 0.956 points per possession on defense. Opponents shot only 32.4% from 3-point range and 44.7% on 2-point range against FAU last season, and the Owls secured almost 75% of available defensive rebounds. FAU was also in the top 50 of the country in free throw prevention. 

The model also knows Loyola Chicago was strong inside the arc last season. The Ramblers shot 54.8% on 2-point attempts, a top-25 national figure, and that led to above-average overall shooting efficiency. Loyola Chicago was also above-average nationally with 13.8 assists per game, and the Ramblers are facing an FAU defense that blocked only 6.8% of shot attempts a year ago. 

Now, it has set its sights on FAU vs. Loyola Chicago. We can tell you the model is leaning Over the total, and it also says one side of the spread hits in well over 70% of simulations! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in any college basketball picks.

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