{"id":31774,"date":"2013-12-13T20:01:04","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T01:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31774"},"modified":"2013-12-13T20:01:04","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T01:01:04","slug":"college-basketball-predictions-kentucky-wildcats-vs-north-carolina-tar-heels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-predictions-kentucky-wildcats-vs-north-carolina-tar-heels-31774\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Predictions: Kentucky Wildcats vs. North Carolina Tar Heels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kentucky Wildcats vs. North Carolina Tar Heels
\nSaturday, 12\/14\/13, 5:15 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 North Carolina -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 North Carolina -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The North Carolina Tar Heels have played an incredibly tough non-conference schedule this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kentucky is coming off a 70-55 victory over the Boise State Broncos as 11-point home favorites Tuesday, while going UNDER the betting total in a fourth consecutive opportunity.\u00a0 The Wildcats continue to be led offensively by true freshman forward Julius Randle, who has scored in double-figures in all 10 games this season, which is important to consider when making your college basketball predictions.\u00a0 His eight double-double efforts this season are the most of any player nationally.\u00a0 Kentucky is 1-2 SUATS as road underdogs of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are 13-22 SU all-time against the Tar Heels, but they\u2019ve won three of the last four meetings, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 Kentucky controls the paint by swatting away opponents\u2019 shots at the baskets, which is clearly evident in sophomore Willie Cauley-Stein\u2019s 43 blocks in the first 10 games this season.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks fifth in the country in efficiency, which is an improvement of 37 spots from a season ago.<\/p>\n

North Carolina will look to win its third game in a row and beat a nationally-ranked foe for the third time this season, as it has played one of the toughest non-conference schedules to date.\u00a0 The Tar Heels have had limited practice time this week due to fall semester finals, while they were last seen on the floor picking up a resounding 81-50 victory over UNCG last Saturday.\u00a0 North Carolina is 17-7-1 ATS versus SEC opponents in its last 25 opportunities.<\/p>\n

Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams has compiled an even 7-7 record in his career against the Wildcats, including a 6-4 mark during his time in Chapel Hill.\u00a0 North Carolina will rely heavily on point guard Marcus Paige to control the tempo in this game, while also harass Kentucky\u2019s floor leader Andrew Harrison on the defensive end.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Tar Heels due to their 9-4 ATS mark in their last 13 home games.<\/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":"

Kentucky Wildcats vs. North Carolina Tar Heels Saturday, 12\/14\/13, 5:15 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 North Carolina -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 North Carolina -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kentucky is coming off a 70-55 victory over the Boise State Broncos as 11-point home favorites Tuesday, while going UNDER the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[387,7767,876,7839,32,739],"class_list":["post-31774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-julius-randle","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-marcus-paige","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-sec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31774","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=31774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31775,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31774\/revisions\/31775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}