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The Green Bay Phoenix will take on the UNC Greensboro Spartans at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday as part of the 2012 Jersey Mike's Classic. UNCG is coming off an NCAA Tournament appearance and is 3-0 to start the 2021-22 season, while the Phoenix are 0-2. The programs played once in 2005 so they don't have extensive history against each other, but both teams have made a handful of NCAA Tournament appearances in the last 30 years.

The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network on Thursday and you can likely expect a defensive battle. The Spartans are favored by 9.5 points in the latest Green Bay vs. UNCG odds from Caesars Sportsbook and the over-under is set at 124.5. Before entering any UNCG vs. Green Bay 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 $2,100 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 Green Bay vs. UNCG. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several college basketball odds for UNCG vs. Green Bay:

  • Green Bay vs. UNCG spread: UNCG -9.5
  • Green Bay vs. UNCG over-under: 124.5 points

What you need to know about Green Bay

Green Bay lost 72-34 to the Wisconsin Badgers last week. The Phoenix were outmanned physically by a Big Ten squad with major NCAA Tournament aspirations, but they were more competitive in an 81-77 loss to Indiana State to open the season.

Emmanuel Ansong led the team with 19 points in the loss to Indiana State, while Donovan Ivory (16) and Kamari McGee (14) both reached double-figures off the bench. It is head coach Will Ryan's second season at the helm and an opportunity for a program-defining win early in the season should mean Green Bay comes out with plenty of energy on Thursday.

What you need to know about UNCG

Meanwhile, UNCG beat the Coppin State Eagles 55-48 on Monday. The Spartans' defense has looked like one of the best in all of basketball through three games, as they've limited opponents to 35.4 percent shooting from the floor or less in all three contests.

In Mike Jones' first season at the helm in Greensboro, UNCG ranks eighth in opponents' field-goal percentage (31.9) and eighth in opponents' 3-point percentage (19.5). Expect the Spartans to try to turn this game into a grind and for former Richmond and Cal State Bakersfield standout De'Monte Buckingham to carry the scoring load offensively. He's averaging 15.7 points and 7.0 rebounds per game so far this season.

How to make Green Bay vs. UNCG picks

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

So who wins UNCG vs. Green Bay? And which side of the spread hits well over 60 percent of the time? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the spread to back, all from the advanced model that has crushed its college basketball picks, and find out.