{"id":26944,"date":"2012-12-28T21:05:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T02:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26944"},"modified":"2012-12-28T21:05:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T02:05:39","slug":"college-basketball-picks-against-the-spread-unlv-runnin-rebels-vs-north-carolina-tar-heels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-against-the-spread-unlv-runnin-rebels-vs-north-carolina-tar-heels-26944\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks Against the Spread: UNLV Runnin’ Rebels vs. North Carolina Tar Heels"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 20 UNLV Runnin\u2019 Rebels at North Carolina Tar Heels
\nSaturday, 12\/29\/12, 2:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 North Carolina -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 North Carolina -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 158
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 158
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The North Carolina Tar Heels are 0-4 ATS versus teams that allow 64 or less points this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UNLV has won nine games in a row, as it comes off an 89-74 win over Canisius as 14.5-point home favorites, which improved the team\u2019s record to 7-1 at the Thomas & Mack Center.\u00a0 \u201cNow we have a great opportunity against a storied program like North Carolina and a coach like Roy Williams,\u201d stated Runnin\u2019 Rebels head coach Dave Rice.\u00a0 The Runnin\u2019 Rebels are led by freshman forward Anthony Bennett, who is averaging 19.5 points per game.\u00a0 UNLV is 0-2 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points over the last two-plus seasons, which is important to consider when making your college basketball picks against the spread Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Runnin\u2019 Rebels have just one win in four meetings against the Tar Heels, with that coming in a 90-80 victory as eight-point underdogs last season.\u00a0 UNLV has compiled a dominating 26-2 record in the months of November and December during his time on the sidelines, but the program is just 1-5 ATS in its last six opportunities when playing with five or six days rest.<\/p>\n

North Carolina has won four of its last five games and ranks third nationally in averaging 84.0 points per game, while leading all teams in dishing out 20.1 assists.\u00a0 The Tar Heels will be playing their second ranked opponent of the season, as they were handed an 83-59 blowout loss by the Indiana Hoosiers on Nov. 27.\u00a0 In looking over the college basketball odds page, it\u2019s important to note that the squad has won its last 62 non-conference games at the Smith Center.\u00a0 North Carolina is 0-4 ATS versus good defensive teams this year that allow 64 or fewer points per game.<\/p>\n

The Tar Heels are averaging 21.4 attempts from beyond the arc per game, which is the most through 12 games of any season during the Williams era in Chapel Hill.\u00a0 North Carolina leads the ACC in averaging 8.0 3-point makes per game, while sitting fourth in shooting 37.4 percent.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Runnin\u2019 Rebels due to their 4-3 ATS mark versus winning teams, while the Tar Heels are 1-2 ATS as home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 20 UNLV Runnin\u2019 Rebels at North Carolina Tar Heels Saturday, 12\/29\/12, 2:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 North Carolina -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 North Carolina -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 158 Current Total:\u00a0 158 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker UNLV has won nine games in a row, as it comes off an 89-74 win over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[387,7187,32,5955,3113],"class_list":["post-26944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-anthony-bennett","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-smith-center","tag-unlv-runnin-rebels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26944","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26945,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26944\/revisions\/26945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}