The 19th ranked Virginia Cavaliers host the 8th ranked North Carolina Tar Heels in an ACC game that will take place at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia at 7 PM ET. UNC hit the NCAA betting board as a -1 favorite, but that has been quickly bet up to as high as -3. The total line for this game is listed at 131.5 points.
North Carolina is coming off an 85-67 win over Pittsburgh in their last game where they covered the 9-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 152, which was under the closing line of 153. The Tar Heels have covered the spread in their last four games and in their last three games the total has gone under every time. North Carolina has won four in a row and six of their last seven games.
Virginia is coming off a 70-55 win over NC State in their last game where they covered the 6.5-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 125, which was under the closing line of 134.5. Previous to the NC State game the Cavaliers had failed to cover the spread in four straight games and in their last four games the total has gone under every time. Virginia had lost four in a row before the win over NC State.
Offensively, North Carolina is putting up 86.4 points per game, which ranks 7th in the nation, on a 47% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Tar Heels are allowing 70.6 points per game on a 42% FG average.
Virginia is putting up 67.1 points per game on a 47.3% FG average. On defense the Cavaliers are allowing 55.8 points per game, which ranks 1st in the nation, on a 39.5% FG average, which ranks 14th in the nation.
These teams met on February 18th at North Carolina where the Tar Heels beat the Cavaliers 65-41.
North Carolina Tar Heels at Virginia Cavaliers Betting Trends
- North Carolina is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games overall.
- The Tar Heels are 6-13 against the spread in their last 19 road games.
- The game total has gone over in 5 of North Carolina’s last 7 games against Virginia.
- Virginia is 1-4 against the spread in their last 5 games overall.
- The Cavaliers are 5-1 against the spread in their last 6 games at home against the Tar Heels.
Public Money Consensus
In this college basketball matchup between North Carolina and Virginia have the public leaning heavily to the Tar Heels minus the 2.5 point on the road with over 85%. The over/under bettors are definitively betting on the this game going over the posted total line of 132.5 with over 70% on board.