North Carolina's defense of a national championship begins Friday at 2:45 p.m. ET when the Tar Heels, the 2-seed in the West Regional, face 15-seed Lipscomb in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels are 19.5-point favorites, while the over-under has dropped from 163.5 to open to 161.5.

Each team can score in bunches -- both the Tar Heels and the Bisons average 82-plus points. With two prolific teams and a huge line to account for, you need to see what Kenny White has to say before locking in your spread picks.

The legendary Vegas oddsmaker-turned-SportsLine expert went 51-33 on college basketball picks last season, returning $1,463 to $100 players, and he's crushing it again this season.

White is on a 41-28 run, adding to his season total of 102-73 and bringing in a whopping $2,406 to $100 players. He's also on a hot streak when it comes to picking Tar Heels games, hitting on seven of 10.

After examining every matchup, player and trend for Friday's game, we can tell you that SportsLine's leading college hoops handicapper is leaning strongly on the Over for UNC-Lipscomb, but his ATS pick is even stronger.

White knows the prolific nature of each team's offense. The Tar Heels have scored 90-plus points on nine occasions. Five players average 10-plus, led by 6-8 junior Luke Maye (17.2) and 6-foot senior Joel Berry II (17.1)

Lipscomb (23-9) has won 11 of 12. With just one senior in its rotation, the future is now. The Bisons scored 90-plus nine times and hit the century mark on three occasions, but despite the heavy scoring, just two players averaging in double-figures.

The Heels are 25-10, and while double-digit defeats are rare for a 2-seed, they had the nation's toughest schedule and beat Big Ten champion Michigan by 15, Tennessee by five and Duke by four during the seasonlong gauntlet.

The game will be in Charlotte, giving the Tar Heels a home-away-from-home feel. Does that play into White's pick against the spread? He knows the line is way, way off. He's sharing why, and his strong point-spread pick, only over at SportsLine.

So which side of North Carolina-Lipscomb do you need to be all over? Visit SportsLine now to see the strong point-spread pick for UNC-Lipscomb and see what the difference-making x-factors are, all from the Vegas legend who's 7-3 picking Tar Heels games.