North Carolina A Solid Bet To Blow Past Slumping Miami
The Miami vs North Carolina Odds Has the Tar Heels As Double-Digit Favorites
North Carolina Has Its Eye on the ACC Regular-Season Championship
When the NCAA basketball season began, Miami and North Carolina were viewed as two of the three top contenders for the ACC title when the season began. The Tar Heels are alone in first place, while Miami has lost six games in a row to fall into 12th place. It is not surprising that the Miami vs North Carolina odds have the Tar Heels listed as a double-digit favorite.
North Carolina topped Miami by three points earlier this month to snap a two-game losing streak to the Hurricanes. Miami has won two of its last four games at North Carolina.
The college basketball spread has North Carolina as a 14-point favorite. The Tar Heels are priced at -1400 to win the game outright.
North Carolina is tied for sixth in the odds to win March Madness. Miami’s championship odds have fallen to +40000. The Tar Heels are ninth in the NCAA NET rankings and 7-4 in Quad 1 games. Miami is just 2-7 in Quad 1 games and 92nd in the NCAA NET rankings.
With North Carolina winning its lone game last week, the Tar Heels’ NCAAB ranking shouldn’t be impacted after falling three spots to No. 10 in the Associated Press poll and dropping four spots to No. 9 in the USA Today coaches poll last week.
Keep on reading for more on the matchup between Miami and North Carolina.
Hurricanes vs Tar Heels 
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Records: Miami (8-7 Big East)/North Carolina (14-2 Big East)
Location: Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Streaming: ESPN
Hurricanes Sinking In the Standings
Despite losing its top two scorers, expectations were pretty high for Miami coming into the season.
However, Miami has dropped its last three games decided by six points or less. The Hurricanes are 3-8 over the last 11 single-digit games.
It hasn’t helped that Bensley Joseph is the only college basketball player to appear in every game this season. Keep that in mind when looking at the Miami vs North Carolina odds.
The Hurricanes were able to play their way to the Final Four despite limited production off the bench. There is still a reliance on the starting five for the Hurricanes.
Miami is 1-5 against the spread in its last six games.
Versatility on Display for the Tar Heels
North Carolina proved that there is more than one way to win a game in the last two games.
Veterans Armando Bacot and RJ Davis combined for 45 points as the Tar Heels scored 96 points in a win over Virginia Tech. A week later, North Carolina limited Virginia to 28% shooting and 14% from 3-point range in a 54-44 victory.
Cormac Ryan led North Carolina with 18 points in the win thanks to six 3-pointers.
North Carolina is looking to get back to the level of play when the Tar Heels won 10 straight games by at least 10 points. Keep that in mind when it comes to the Miami vs North Carolina odds.
The Tar Heels have covered in seven of its 12 home games.
Last Meeting
North Carolina was a four-point road favorite and held on for a 75-72 win despite failing to make a field goal in the final four minutes.
It was the fourth straight NCAAB game between North Carolina and Miami to finish under the total.
RJ Davis had 25 points and five assists, while Armando Bacot had 10 points and 15 rebounds.
Miami vs North Carolina Betting Preview
North Carolina is 11-1 at home this season and facing a Miami team that is 1-5 in its last six road games, the Tar Heels are a solid option when it comes to the NCAA picks to take care of business against the underachieving Hurricanes.
Keep an eye on the availability of Miami guard Nijel Pack, as he has missed the last three games.
North Carolina is 20-5 as a favorite this season, while Miami is just 2-9 when listed by the NCAAB picks as the underdog.
Six of Miami’s nine road games went under the total.
The total is set at 154.5 for this matchup. It is worth considering that the Pomeroy college basketball ratings have the Tar Heels in the top 25 in both offensive and defensive efficiency. Miami ranks 135th in defensive efficiency.
The Tar Heels have covered in 12 of their last 17 contests. The total has finished under in eight of Miami’s last 11 games.
Ten of the last 15 games for North Carolina went over the total.
North Carolina is 11-1 in its last 12 games, while the Tar Heels are 11-1 as a home favorite this season, but the Tar Heels have covered in just seven of those games. Miami is 1-7 as the road underdog and 2-5-1 ATS when listed as the underdog on the road.
When looking at recent college basketball scores, North Carolina is 10-0 outright in its last 10 games as a double-digit favorite but just 6-4 ATS in those matchups.
It is hard to have much confidence in Miami, even as a 14-point underdog, heading into this matchup.
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