Free NCAA Tournament Pick: Golden Eagles vs. Tar Heels CBB Odds
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2022 Men’s NCAA Tournament Handicapping
(21-10) #9 Marquette Golden Eagles vs. #8 North Carolina Tar Heels (27-7)
Date: Thursday, March 17th, 2022
Time: 1:45 PM EST
Venue: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, TX.
CBB Moneyline Odds: MAR +155 | NC -165
CBB Betting ATS Odds: MAR +3.5 | NC -3.5 (Bet Now!)
CBB Betting Total: 152.0
This one is expected to be an absolute shootout boys and girls and I for one cannot wait to watch. In this one we see the Marquette Golden Eagles take on the North Carolina Tar Heels who are slight favourites to win this one.
These teams last ten games could not be more opposite. The Golden Eagles are ice cold coming into march going 4-6 over that stretch while the Tar Heels are 8-2.
These teams are a fun matchup to read about and I expect this game to be close. So without further ado let’s dive into this one and pick through the trends with a fine tooth comb.
Marquette Golden Eagles
Three of those six losses in their last 10 came at the hands of teams they were favored to beat. The old adage applies here that they are cooling off at the wrong time for sure.
They are also 2-2 at neutral sites this season which isn’t super comforting going into this one if you’re a Marquette backer. They are also 9-8 this season as an underdog, not terrible but not great.
The Golden Eagles are shooting %45.33 from the field, %34.72 three pointers and %34.24 total rebounding.
North Carolina Tar Heels
The Tar Heels have a slight edge in all of these offensive metrics with the exception of field goals, but only by a fraction.
What concerns me more is the edge that Marquette carries with them defensively. In terms of the rankings the Tar Heels are much more inferior on that side of the court.
They are 190th in the country in allowed field goal percentage and the Golden Eagles are 54th. Marquette is also far better at defending the three ball.
The only thing North Carolina does much better in this one is defensive rebounding.
March Madness Betting Trends:
- Marquette are 1-6-1 ATS in their last 8 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Marquette’s last 6 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Marquette’s last 5 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Coast conference.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Marquette’s last 5 games played in March.
- Marquette are 4-9 ATS in their last 13 games played on a Thursday.
- North Carolina are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 9 of North Carolina’s last 13 games.
- North Carolina are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games.
- North Carolina are 12-3 SU in their last 15 games this season.
- The total has gone OVER in 6 of North Carolina’s last 7 games against an opponent in the Big East conference.
Free Marquette Golden Eagles vs. North Carolina Tar Heels NCAA Tournament Prediction:
I am taking another stab at a true upset here with the Golden Eagles. I will lay them moneyline here.
What convinces me is just how poor North Carolina’s defence is. I don’t see how they can keep a lead in this one with a team who is much better than they are in that area of the game.
I think this might be a close one again as these games usually are between 8 and 9 seeds so if you want to take the points I get that too. But. at least be on the right side you guys!
Hammer Marquette! Good luck!
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