{"id":21159,"date":"2012-01-19T18:05:27","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T23:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21159"},"modified":"2012-01-19T18:05:27","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T23:05:27","slug":"acc-betting-picks-north-carolina-tar-heels-at-virginia-tech-hokies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/acc-betting-picks-north-carolina-tar-heels-at-virginia-tech-hokies-21159\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Betting Picks: North Carolina Tar Heels at Virginia Tech Hokies"},"content":{"rendered":"

#8 North Carolina Tar Heels at Virginia Tech Hokies
\nCassell Coliseum – Blacksburg, Virginia
\nThursday, January 19, 2012, 9:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN
\nOpening Line: North Carolina -6
\nCurrent Line: North Carolina -7
\nOpening Total: 144
\nCurrent Total: 144
\nOpening Money Line: UNC -300 \/ Virginia Tech +250
\nCurrent Money Line: UNC -330 \/ Virginia Tech +280<\/strong><\/p>\n

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North Carolina tries to rebound from a 90-57 loss at Florida St Saturday as they travel to Virginia tech Thursday night. The Tar Heels are 7 point favorites.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 15-3 North Caolina Tar Heels are coming off a 90-57 blowout loss at Florida St that dropped the Tar Heels to 2-1 in the ACC. UNC is part of a three team pack a game behind 3-0 Duke and a half game behind 3-1 Florida St.\u00a0 Now North Carolina tries to rebound as they travel to Blacksburg to take on the 11-6 Virginia Tech Hokies. Virginia Tech is in last place in the ACC after an 0-3 start. However, all conference losses are by 4 points or less, including a 61-59 loss at Boston College Saturday. North Carolina leads the series 61-13 all time against Virginia Tech, including 18-5 in Blacksburg. The Tar Heels won last year in Chapel Hill 64-61 in the only meeting between the schools.<\/p>\n

North Carolina is coached by Roy Williams. The Tar Heels have additional losses to now #14 UNLV in a tournament in Las Vegas\u00a0 and at #2 Kentucky. The FSU loss snapped a 9 game winning streak for UNC. The Tar Heels have wins over Michigan St, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Evansville, Long Beach St, Texas, Boston College and Miami-Florida.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech is coached by Seth Greenberg. The Hokies have additional losses to Syracuse in the pre-season NIT in New York, Minnesota, and Kansas St. Virginia Tech has wins over Florida International, Oklahoma St twice, St. Bonaventure, Rhode Island, and Eastern Michigan.<\/p>\n

North Carolina is outscoring opponents 85-67 this season. The Tar Heels are #1 in the country in scoring. North Carolina shoots 47.8% from the field and 35.5% from 3 point range. UNC makes 63.7% from the free throw line. The Tar Heels lead the nation in rebounding with 46.1 rebounds a game, with a rebounding margin of +10.9. The Tar Heels average 18.7 assists, 12.9 turnovers, 7.6 steals, and 5.9 blocks a game. UNC is 5th nationally in assists. UNC opponents are shooting 38.6% from 3 point range, and 30.9% from 3 point range. The Heels force 14.8 turnovers a game on defense.<\/p>\n

UNC forward Harrison Barnes averages 16.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 1.1 steals a game. He makes 44.2% of his 3 point attempts. John henson averages 14.4 points, 9.7 rebounds to lead the team, 1.5 assists, and 3 blocks a game to lead the team. Tyler Zeller averages 14.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.1 steals, and 1.2 blocks a game. Reggie Bullock averages 8.5 points, and 4.5 rebounds a game. Dexter Strickland and Kendall Marshall lead the team in steals with 1.4 a game. Marshall also leads the Heels in assists with 9.6 a game. Forward Desmond Hubert is questionable with an ankle injury, and guard Leslie McDonald is out indefinitely with a knee injury.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech is outscoring opponents 69-60 this season. The Hokies are shooting 43.6% from 3 point range, and 35.7% from 3 point range. Virginia Tech shoots 75.3% from the free throw line. The Hokies average 36.1 rebounds a game with a rebounding margin of +3.4. Virginia Tech averages 12.6 assists, 13 turnovers, 6.4 steals, and 4.2 blocks a game. Hokie opponents are shooting 39.6% from the field and 26.2% from 3 point range. Virginia Tech is #3 nationally in opponents’ three point percentage. The Hokies force 13.4 turnovers a game.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech guard Erick Green averages 16.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.5 steals a game. He leads the Hokies in scoring, assists, and steals. He makes 40.4% of his 3 point shot. Green is probable with a knee injury after missing the Boston College game. Dorenzo Hudson averages 11.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.8 assists a game. Jarell Eddie averages 9.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.1 assists a game. He makes 50% of his 3 point attempts. Dorian Finney-Smith leads the Hokies in rebounds with 8.2 a game and is tied for the team lead in blocks with Cadaraian Raines with 0.9 a game. J.T. Thompson is out for the season with a knee injury.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech is 5-7-1 against the spread and the total is 4-9 this season. North Carolina is 9-8 ATS and the total is 8-9 this season. Virginia Tech has covered 5 of the last 6 against North Carolina, and 5 of the last 7 have gone under\u00a0 the total. The Tar Heels are 4-1 ATS against teams with winning records, 6-2 in road games against teams with winning road records, 37-18-1 after a straight up loss, 1-4-1 in ACC games, and 0-4 after a straight up loss of 20 points or more. The Hokies are 4-0 ATS in Thursday games, 4-1 as a home underdog, 5-2 at home against teams with losing road records, 1-3-1 as an underdog, 3-11-1 against with a winning record, 1-4 after a straight up loss, and as a home underdog of 7-12.5 points, 0-3-1 as an underdog of 7-12.5 points, and 0-5 against ACC teams.<\/p>\n

North Carolina should be pretty angry after getting humiliated by Florida St. North Carolina should win and cover rather easily especially with a banged up green for Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n

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#8 North Carolina Tar Heels at Virginia Tech Hokies Cassell Coliseum – Blacksburg, Virginia Thursday, January 19, 2012, 9:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN Opening Line: North Carolina -6 Current Line: North Carolina -7 Opening Total: 144 Current Total: 144 Opening Money Line: UNC -300 \/ Virginia Tech +250 Current Money Line: UNC -330 \/ Virginia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":19774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[387,4308,9528,3631,6030,1492,30,32,1926],"class_list":["post-21159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-colelge-basketball-betting","tag-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-handicapping","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-espn","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-virginia-tech-hokies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21159"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21216,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21159\/revisions\/21216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}