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The BYU Cougars will take on the Vanderbilt Commodores at 10 p.m. ET on Thursday at SimpliFi Arena in Hononlulu. The Cougars are 10-2 overall, while the Commodores are 7-4 on the season. It's a semifinal of the 2021 Diamond Head Classic and the winner will take on the winner of Liberty vs. Stanford in the tournament final.

BYU is 7-4 against the spread on the season, while Vanderbilt is 6-5 against the number. The Cougars are favored by 5.5 points in the latest BYU vs. Vanderbilt odds from Caesars Sportsbook, and the over-under is set at 133. Before entering any Vanderbilt vs. BYU picks, you'll want to see the college basketball predictions from the model at SportsLine.

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 almost $2,200 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 set its sights on BYU vs. Vanderbilt. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several college basketball odds for Vanderbilt vs. BYU:

  • BYU vs. Vanderbilt spread: BYU -5.5
  • BYU vs. Vanderbilt over-under: 133 points

What you need to know about BYU

The Cougars were able to grind out a 54-39 victory over South Florida in the Diamond Head Classic quarterfinals. Caleb Lohner had nine points and 14 rebounds in the win while Fousseyni Traore had 11 points and nine rebounds off the bench. Alex Barcello also had 10 points in the win and he's BYU's leading scorer (18.9 ppg).

BYU limited USF to 25.8 percent shooting from the floor and the Bulls went just 2-for-21 from the 3-point line but BYU only shot 36.0 percent from the floor and also committed 15 turnovers. The Cougars will have to play a cleaner game against a Vanderbilt squad that has defended well early in the season.

What you need to know about Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt defeated Hawaii 68-54 in its quarterfinal win and Scotty Pippen Jr. wasn't put out by a four-hour time difference from Nashville in the win. The third-year guard had 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting and is averaging 17.6 points per game for the season.

The son of the NBA Hall of Famer cruised past 1,000 career points earlier this season and he's proven capable of taking over games at times throughout his career. Shane Dezonie was the only other Vanderbilt player to reach double-figures scoring as he dropped 10 points off the bench.

How to make Vanderbilt vs. BYU picks

The model is leaning over on the total and it's also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in 60 percent of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.

So who wins BYU vs. Vanderbilt? And which side of the spread hits in 60 percent of the time? Visit SportsLine now to find out, all from the red-hot model that has crushed its college basketball picks.