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Two teams will punch their tickets to New York City and the semifinals of the NIT when the BYU Cougars face the Washington State Cougars and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons square off against the Texas A&M Aggies on Wednesday night. BYU is a 1.5-point favorite in the latest BYU vs. Washington State odds, while the over-under is 143. Tip-off from the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah, is at 9 p.m. ET. 

Meanwhile, the Aggies are 2.5-point favorites in the latest Texas A&M vs. Wake Forest odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the over-under for total points scored is 145.5. Tip-off from Reed Arena in College Station, Texas, is at 7 p.m. ET. The winners on Wednesday will join St. Bonaventure and Xavier next week in the NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden. Before locking in any 2022 NIT picks for Wednesday, be sure to see the college basketball predictions and betting advice from SportsLine's proven model.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. Over the past five-plus years, the proprietary computer model has generated an impressive profit of over $1,300 for $100 players on its top-rated college basketball picks against the spread. Anyone who has followed it has seen huge returns.

Now, the model has evaluated the Wednesday NIT schedule from every angle and has come up with his best bets. Parlaying these two NIT 2022 picks would pay well over 2-1. You can only see the model's NIT picks at SportsLine. 

Top NIT picks for Wednesday

After running 10,000 simulations on both games, the model is high on BYU (-1.5) covering against Washington State. One reason is Gideon George, who is on an absolute roll. The 6-foot-6 senior from Nigeria scored a career-high 27 points in the team's 90-71 win over Northern Iowa on Saturday in the second round of the NIT. Over the past two games, George is averaging 21.5 points per game, shooting 66.7 percent from the field, 58.3 percent from 3-point range and 66.7 percent from the free throw line.

Led by George, BYU has been on a scoring tear in the NIT. The Cougars are averaging 91.5 points per game in the tournament while shooting a robust 53.7 percent from the field. By contrast, for the season, BYU is averaging 74.7 points a game on 45.8 percent shooting.

How to make NIT predictions, parlays for Wednesday

The model has locked in an even more confident spread pick in the Texas A&M vs. Wake Forest game to complete its parlay. This one also hits more than 60 percent of the time, so you really need to see who it is before locking in any 2022 NIT picks of your own. You can see its best bets only at SportsLine.

Which college basketball teams should you target in a parlay for Wednesday's NIT quarterfinals? And which side of the spread hits more than 60 percent of the time in the Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M game? Visit SportsLine now to see the top NIT parlay for Wednesday, all from the model that's on a roll on college basketball picks, and find out.