The No. 7 North Carolina Tar Heels will try to extend their five-game winning streak when it plays the visiting Syracuse Orange on Saturday at Chapel Hill, N.C. The Tar Heels are atop the ACC standings at 4-0, while Syracuse is 2-2 in league play.

Tipoff is set for noon ET at the Dean E. Smith Center. The latest Syracuse vs. North Carolina odds from SportsLine consensus list the Tar Heels as 13-point favorites, while the over/under for total points is 157. (See up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page.) 

Before making any Syracuse vs. North Carolina picks or any other college basketball predictions, you NEED to see what the SportsLine Projection Model has to say.

The model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. It entered Week 10 of the 2023-24 season on a 105-69 roll on all top-rated college basketball picks dating back to last season, returning more than $2,000 for $100 players. It is also off to a fast 12-5 start on top-rated spread picks this season. Anyone following has seen HUGE returns!  

The model knows senior guard R.J. Davis helps power the Tar Heels, and is averaging 20.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game. In 15 games, all starts, he is connecting on 42.4% of his shots from the floor, including 39.6% from 3-point range, and 95.1% of his free throws. He has reached double-digit scoring in 14 games, including a season-high 30 points in an 87-72 win over No. 20 Arkansas on Nov. 24.

It is also aware sophomore Judah Mintz, who has started 14 of 15 games he has played, leads the Orange by averaging 18.5 points, 3.9 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game. He has scored in double figures in each of the last seven games, including 28 points in an 81-70 win over Cornell on Dec. 5. He scored a season-high 33 points and grabbed five rebounds and dished out four assists in an 80-57 win over LSU on Nov. 28.

Now, it has simulated Syracuse vs. North Carolina 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Under and it also says one side of the spread is hitting in well over 50% of simulations. You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in your own picks. 

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