The 2024 Myrtle Beach Invitational begins on Thursday and the first matchup of the eight-team holiday tournament will pit the Ohio Bobcats against the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders. Ohio has won 64 games the past three seasons but is only 1-3 in 2024-25 while MTSU is coming off a 14-win season but has jumped out to a 3-1 start. These two programs went head-to-head last season at the 2023 Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship, with Ohio scoring an 80-68 win as 3.5-point favorites.

This time around, the Bobcats are 1.5-point favorites in the latest MTSU vs. Ohio odds from SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 147.5. Tipoff is scheduled for noon ET at the HTC Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Before entering any Ohio vs. MTSU picks, you'll want to see the NCAA Basketball predictions from the model at SportsLine.

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The model has simulated MTSU vs. Ohio 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Under, and it's also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting well over 60% of the time!

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