The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13-4) host the 20th ranked North Carolina Tar Heels (13-4) in an ACC game that will take place at the Purcell Pavilion
In South Bend, Indiana at 6:00 PM ET. North Carolina are the 5-point home favorite with a total sitting at 146.5.
In their last game North Carolina was at home where they absolutely destroyed Boston College 96-66. Luke Maye was the high scorer for the Tar Heels with 32 points on 13/20 shooting and hitting four of his five 3-pointers; he also had 18 rebounds. UNC had four starters in double figures. Ky Bowman was the high scorer for the Eagles with 21 points on 8/18 shooting, but he missed eight of his 12 3-pointers. North Carolina jumped out to a 15-point halftime lead and never looked back. For the game, UNC shot 50% from the floor and they held Boston College to an embarrassing 38.7% shooting. The Tar Heels easily covered the spread as a 14-point favorite and the combined 162 points scored had OVER bettors cashing their tickets. North Carolina had lost two in a row before their win over Boston College and this season they are 2-2 on the road.
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Notre Dame was on the road in their last game where they lost to Georgia Tech 60-53. Martinas Geben was the high scorer for the Fighting Irish with 16 points on 8/13 shooting and also added nine rebounds. Josh Okogie was the high scorer for the Yellow Jackets with 17 points on 6/13 shooting. Notre Dame was outscored by 10 points in the first half only scoring 20 points and for the game they shot a feeble 35.6% from the floor while Georgia Tech shot 42.4%. The Fighting Irish failed to cover the spread as a 1.5-point underdog and the total points of 113 on the board fell short of the 125 closing total line. Notre Dame had their five-game winning streak snapped in their loss to Georgia Tech and will look to get back on track at home today where they are 7-1 this campaign.
North Carolina ranks 32nd in the nation in ppg and tied for 155th in opponents’ ppg and Notre Dame ranks tied for 92nd in ppg and 24th in opponents’ ppg.
Last season in the lone match-up between these teams at North Carolina the Tar Heels beat the Fighting Irish 83-76.
This season North Carolina is 9-6-1 ATS with an O/U record of 9-7 and Notre Dame is 6-7 ATS with an O/U record of 6-6.
SAGARIN RATINGS
North Carolina: 90.76
Notre Dame: 86.81
INJURY REPORT
NORTH CAROLINA
[G] 12/06/2017 – Seventh Woods is out indefinitely ( Foot )
NOTRE DAME
(!)[G] 01/12/2018 – Matt Farrell is doubtful Saturday vs North Carolina ( Ankle )
(!)[F] 01/09/2018 – Bonzie Colson is out indefinitely ( Foot )
UNC at Notre Dame NCAAB Key Betting Trends
- UNC is 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 road games
- UNC is 2-8-1 ATS in their last 11 games after an ATS win
- UNC has an Under record of 6-0 in their last 6 road games
- ND is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games
- ND is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning road record
- ND has an Over record of 4-1 in their last 5 home games
UNC vs. ND Betting Angles
Notre Dame is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games against North Carolina.
The home team is 4-1 ATS in the last 5 games between these teams.
In the last 8 games between these teams the Under record is 6-2.
