The North Carolina Tar Heels (11-5, 3-2 ACC) face the No. 12 Virginia Cavaliers (11-3, 3-2) in Charlottesville Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the North Carolina vs. Virginia odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
After a rough start to the season North Carolina has won 6 of its last 7 games. The Tar Heels covered an 11.5-spread in beating Notre Dame 81-64 on Saturday.
Virginia beat Syracuse 73-66 on Saturday, but did not cover as 12.5-point favorites. That came after Virginia lost its previous game at Pitt 68-65.
While UNC is 23rd in the nation at 81.4 points per game, the Virginia defense is 15th in the nation allowing just 59.6 PPG while also playing at a slow pace which ranks in the bottom 5 in the country.