{"id":577178,"date":"2026-02-02T11:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/577178\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T11:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:36:27","slug":"north-carolina-vs-syracuse-prediction-odds-time-2026-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/577178\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina vs. Syracuse prediction, odds, time: 2026 college basketball picks from proven model"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 16th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels<\/a> look to win their fourth game in a row when they battle the Syracuse Orange<\/a> in a key ACC matchup on Monday. Syracuse is coming off an 86-72 win over Notre Dame on Saturday, while UNC defeated Georgia Tech 91-75 that same day. The Orange (13-9, 4-5 ACC), who are tied for 10th in the conference, are 2-2 on the road this season. The Tar Heels (17-4, 5-3 ACC), who are sixth in the conference, are 12-0 on their home floor this season.<\/p>\n

Tipoff from the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C., is set for 7 p.m. ET. UNC leads the all-time series 18-7, and has won 14 of the last 17 meetings. North Carolina is an 11.5-point favorite in the latest Syracuse vs. North Carolina odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, while the over\/under for total points scored is 156.5. Before making any North Carolina vs. Syracuse picks,\u00a0check out the men’s college basketball predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every college basketball game 10,000 times and it enters Week 13 on a sizzling 10-1 run on its top-rated over\/under\u00a0college basketball<\/a>\u00a0picks<\/a>\u00a0dating back to last season, and it is on a 6-0 roll on college basketball side picks. Anyone following its\u00a0college basketball<\/a>\u00a0betting<\/a>\u00a0advice at\u00a0sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0betting apps<\/a>\u00a0could have seen strong returns.<\/p>\n

Now, the model has simulated Syracuse vs. North Carolina<\/a>\u00a010,000 times and just revealed its coveted men’s college basketball picks and betting predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks<\/a>. Here are several men’s college basketball odds<\/a> and men’s college basketball betting lines for UNC vs. Syracuse:<\/p>\n

Syracuse vs. North Carolina spread:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

North Carolina -11.5 at DraftKings Sportsbook<\/p>\n

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156.5 points<\/p>\n

Syracuse vs. North Carolina money line:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

North Carolina -714, Syracuse +520<\/p>\n

Syracuse vs. North Carolina picks:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

See picks at SportsLine<\/a><\/p>\n

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How to make Syracuse vs. North Carolina picks<\/p>\n

SportsLine’s model is going Under on the total (155.5 points). The Under has hit in three of the last eight head-to-head meetings between the schools.<\/p>\n

The model projects the Orange to have five players register 10.5 points or more, including Donnie Freeman’s<\/a> projected 15.9 points. The Tar Heels, meanwhile, are projected to have four players score 10 or more points, led by Caleb Wilson<\/a>, who is projected to score 20.2 points. The model projects a combined total of 153 points as the Under clears in well over 50% of simulations.<\/p>\n

The model also says one side of the spread hits nearly 60% of the time.\u00a0You can only see that pick at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So who wins North Carolina vs. Syracuse, and which side of the spread hits nearly 60% of the time?\u00a0Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Syracuse vs. North Carolina spread to back, all from the advanced model that has simulated this game 10,000 times<\/a>, and find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 16th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels look to win their fourth game in a row when they battle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,217,59401,59378,1770,78029,78031,78030,14568],"class_list":{"0":"post-577178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-college-basketball-odds","11":"tag-college-basketball-picks","12":"tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","13":"tag-syracuse-north-carolina-odds","14":"tag-syracuse-north-carolina-picks","15":"tag-syracuse-north-carolina-prediction","16":"tag-syracuse-orange"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116000835941359704","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}