The North Carolina Tar Heels (15-7, 7-4 ACC) travel across town to take on the Duke Blue Devils (16-6, 7-4) at Cameron Indoor Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the North Carolina vs. Duke game odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
This has been a strange season in many ways. UNC and Duke opened the season ranked in the top 5, and both have fallen out of the ranks entirely. But some things remain the same including the hatred in this rivalry – one of the best rivalries in all of sports.
Duke, who comes in after beating Wake Forest 75-73 as 8-point favorites will look to defeat UNC and remain ahead of the Tar Heels in the ACC standings.
While Duke comes into this important matchup on a winning streak, UNC comes in after losing a close 65-64 loss to Pitt as 8.5-point favorites. This game will be a matchup between a North Carolina offense ranked 36th at 78.5 points going against a Duke defense ranked 38th at 63.7 points.