{"id":31852,"date":"2013-12-18T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31852"},"modified":"2013-12-17T21:24:22","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T02:24:22","slug":"college-basketball-picks-texas-longhorns-vs-north-carolina-tar-heels-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-texas-longhorns-vs-north-carolina-tar-heels-2-31852\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Texas Longhorns vs. North Carolina Tar Heels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Longhorns vs. North Carolina Tar Heels
\nWednesday, 12\/18\/13, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 North Carolina -10.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 North Carolina -10.5
\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 won and covered the number in their last three games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas features five players in double-figure scoring averages entering Wednesday\u2019s contest, with all 10 scholarship players scoring 10 or more points in at least one of the team\u2019s first 10 contests.\u00a0 The Longhorns have received tremendous production from junior forward Jonathan Holmes, who is scoring 12.9 points and grabbing 6.8 rebounds a contest.\u00a0 The program holds a 5-3 SU lead in this series, which is important to consider when making your college basketball betting picks Wednesday night.\u00a0 Texas is 0-5 SU and 3-2 ATS as road underdogs of 9.5 to 12 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns have compiled a 58-82 SU record against ranked teams under longtime head coach Rick Barnes, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball betting lines.\u00a0 Texas has out-rebounded nine of its first 10 opponents, while it ranks 13th nationally with a +9.7 rebounding margin.\u00a0 On the defensive end, the team has held seven of its first 10 foes to under 40 percent shooting from the field, as one of the team\u2019s strengths is protecting the rim.<\/p>\n

North Carolina will welcome an old rival back to the Smith Center, as it looks to build on its current three-game winning streak, which includes an 82-77 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats as three-point home favorites last weekend.\u00a0 The Tar Heels will be out to avenge a disappointing 85-67 defeat to the Longhorns in Austin last year, as they shot just 31.3 percent from the floor.\u00a0 North Carolina is 5-0 SUATS as home favorites of 9.5 to 12 points the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 4-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Tar Heels continue to impress on the floor despite missing a few key players, including last year\u2019s top scorer P.J. Hairston, who is out due to NCAA eligibility concerns.\u00a0 North Carolina is getting tremendous production out of point guard Marcus Paige, who is averaging 19.2 points per game, while James Michael McAdoo checks in at 13.8 points a contest.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Tar Heels due to their 10-4 ATS mark in their last 14 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":"

Texas Longhorns vs. North Carolina Tar Heels Wednesday, 12\/18\/13, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 North Carolina -10.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 North Carolina -10.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Texas features five players in double-figure scoring averages entering Wednesday\u2019s contest, with all 10 scholarship players scoring 10 or more points […]<\/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":[7153,6005,7839,32,3781,5955,496],"class_list":["post-31852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-james-michael-mcadoo","tag-jonathan-holmes","tag-marcus-paige","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-rick-barnes","tag-smith-center","tag-texas-longhorns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31852","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=31852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31853,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31852\/revisions\/31853"}],"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=31852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}