The North Carolina Tar Heels (18-11, 10-8 ACC) and Florida State Seminoles (9-20, 7-11) tangle Monday in Tallahassee. Tip from Donald L. Tucker Center is at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the North Carolina vs. Florida State odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
North Carolina defeated Virginia 71-63 Saturday as a 4.5-point favorite, winning back-to-back games for the first time since Jan. 21-24. UNC had struggled on defense in going 1-5 from Feb. 1-19, but the Tar Heels have held opposing shooters to a 39.7% mark over the last 2 games.
The Seminoles won 85-54 at Miami Saturday but are just 2-7 across their last 9 games. The FSU defense has also had trouble of late: the ‘Noles have yielded a 45% shooting mark or higher in 8 of those 9 games.
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