Duke vs North Carolina – College Basketball Odds, Picks & Predictions: After losing six of their last seven games, the (13-10, 2-6) North Carolina Tar Heels [+6] look to stop the bleeding as they host the 8th ranked, sports betting odds favorite (19-4, 7-2) Duke Blue Devils [-6] tonight. This exciting ACC battle is scheduled to tipoff right around 9:05 PM ET (8:05 PM CT) live from the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, NC.
These teams come into this meeting heading in completely opposite directions as the season wines down. For Duke, they come into this game leading the way in the Atlantic Coast and winners of two in a row. For the Tar Heels, they have fallen apart of late, losers of three in a row and in sitting in 10th place in the Conference. For those of you interested in betting on the OVER/UNDER, College Basketball Odds makers at SBGGLOBAL.com have set their mark for Duke and North Carolina at a combined total of 155½ points scored.
For coach Mike Krzyzewski, his team looks to finally start pulling away with a big lead in the ACC. This would be a good place to start, as Duke looks to take advantage of a struggling Heels team. The last times these rivals have met, UNC has come out on top three straight times and have won six of seven against Duke.
The key for the Blue Devils success going down the stretch will depend on the play of Jon Scheyer, Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler. “The way we have set up our team, those three guys have to be put in prominent positions to score and they’ve come through pretty well in doing that,” stated coach K.
For the Heels, this is by far the worst stretch during the Roy Williams era. North Carolina’s latest setback came at the hands of Maryland, 92-71. “At times, I feel we are getting better and at other times, I see us regress,” Williams said. “That has been difficult to handle.”
