The Sacred Heart Pioneers meet the UMBC Retrievers in Baltimore at 11 a.m. ET on Friday. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists the Retrievers as 1-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 157.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page). 

Before making any Sacred Heart vs. UMBC 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 enters Week 2 of the 2023-24 season on an 87-56 roll on all top-rated college basketball picks dating back to last season, returning more than $1,700 for $100 players. Anyone who followed it saw HUGE returns!

The model knows Sacred Heart is shooting incredibly well from 3-point range, making 47.5% of long-range attempts. The Pioneers are also above-average in free throw creation, and UMBC is poor in free throw prevention on defense. Sacred Heart is also creating 15.0 turnovers and 10.3 steals per game. The model also knows the UMBC defense is stout against 3-point attempts. The Retrievers are allowing only 28.3% shooting from beyond the arc, and UMBC has created 16.0 turnovers per game. UMBC is also giving up only 10.0 assists per contest. 

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

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