NCAA basketball betting action sees the North Carolina Tar Heels taking on the Duke Blue Devils Wednesday February 18th at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA basketball handicapping tips all season long.
Week 14 college betting action sees the North Carolina State Wolfpack taking on the North Carolina Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Cappers Picks provides free college football handicapping tips all season long.
Well, it is going to be difficult to replicate the drama of last week but the PGA pros head of North Carolina this week to play the 2014 Wyndham Championship – the last chance for many to maintain their TOUR cards for the 2014-2015.
The Tar Heels had their long winning streak snapped by Duke and then lost again in the ACC Tournament to Pittsburgh.
UNC is 16-14 ATS with an O/U record of 14-15 and Duke is 17-12-1 ATS with an O/U record of 13-16. This season Duke is 16-0 at home and UNC is 6-4 on the road.
The Tar Heels are sitting in 4th place in the ACC but I think their tournament prospects are far from guaranteed.
The eighth-ranked Duke Blue Devils will make the always daunting trip over to Chapel Hill on Wednesday to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in one of the most anticipated matchups of rivalry week.
The North Carolina Tar Heels will make the trip up to New York to take on the second-ranked Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome.
The Cincinnati Bearcats will be looking for their first 10 win season since 2008. While the North Carolina Tar Heels will look to take advantage of playing in the state of North Carolina to beat the Bearcats as they try and have a winning season.
The 14th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels host the Texas Longhorns in Chapel Hill on Saturday night and will look to snap the Longhorns’ five-game winning streak.
The number 11 ranked Kentucky Wildcats travel to Chapel Hill to take on the number 18 Tar Heels of North Carolina.
Kentucky Wildcats (8-2) @ North Carolina Tar Heels (6-2)
When: Saturday, December 14th, 2013, 5:15 ET PM
Where: Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Broadcast: ESPN
Spread: North Carolina -3
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The Kentucky Wildcats take on their third big test of the year and they are hoping third time is a charm. In their first test Michigan State got out of the gate early and Kentucky never really recovered. In their second test they played Baylor, and it was a back and forth game, but they came up on the short end of the stick.
Now, they play a North Carolina Tar Heels team that has been up and down so far in the young season. In their third game of the season – as -14 point favorites – the Belmont Bears ended up upsetting the Tar Heels at home. But, North Carolina would bounce back by beating the Richmond Spiders and going into Louisville, Kentucky, and beating the Louisville Cardinals as 10 point underdogs.
The good vibrations didn’t last long though as North Carolina ended up getting upset once again, this time on the road to UAB. But, once again, North Carolina would bounce back as 10 point underdogs and beat the Michigan State Spartans on the road.
North Carolina in their last 5 games North Carolina has won straight up in 4 of those games and ATS they are 4-1 as well. Kentucky in their last five games are 4-1 straight up and 2-3 ATS.
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Key Players: Freshman Kentucky forward Julius Randle has had a great season so far. He’s averaging 17.8 points per game, and 12 rebounds a game. Freshman guard James Young has been very dynamic himself he’s averaged 13.9 points per game and in his last game he scored 21 points and pulled down 9 rebounds. Freshman guards Aaron Harrison and Andrew Harrison are having pretty identical season. Aaron Harrison is scoring 13.8 points per game and Andrew Harrison is scoring 10.3 points per game.
On the other side, sophomore guard Marcus Paige is averaging a team high 18.8 points per game, averaging 3.3 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game. Sophomore forward Brice Johnson is pulling down a team high 6.9 rebounds per game and scoring 13.6 points per game. Last, but not least, junior forward James Michael McAdoo is scoring 13.0 points per game, and averaging 5.9 rebounds per game.
All in all, this should be a good game. Both of Kentucky’s losses have come against top 25 teams in the Michigan State Spartans and the Baylor Bears. North Carolina is a top 25 team as well and while they have had a couple of bad losses, they have two great wins as well. It seems as though North Carolina gets up for these big games. I’m looking for North Carolina to get up for this game and they get the job done versus the very talented, but not yet tournament ready Kentucky Wildcats.
Pick: North Carolina Tar Heels -3
The No. 16 North Carolina Tar Heels arrive in East Lansing looking to derail the Spartans who remained undefeated despite being without their leading scorer their last time out.
With the chaos of last week losses across the nation in the rear view mirror it looks like the ACC was one of the main benefactors of the carnage that brought down 7 ranked teams last week. Miami sits undefeated with a chance to really improve their chances for a special season with a win on Thursday night in Chapel Hill.
In the 2nd round of the Big Dance and in the opening game for each of these teams the South Region’s 9th seed Villanova faces 8th seed North Carolina.
The North Carolina vs. Duke match up is the biggest rivalry in the nation and the Tar Heels were spanked in their last game and are unranked. On the other side of the coin Duke has won 5 straight and they are undefeated at home this season.
Last year’s North Carolina team was typically good sending 4 players to the NBA. In typical Roy Williams fashion they led the conference in scoring on the way to a stellar 14-2 conference record.
