The No. 5 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels travel to Charlottesville, Virg., to battle the unranked University of Virginia Cavaliers Tuesday at the John Paul Jones Arena with an 8 p.m. ET start. Oddsmakers at SportsBetting.com have installed Carolina the favorite with an 8 ½-point chalk ATS with a 157 posted total. The Tar Heels are also a huge favorite SU with a money line price of -450.
Carolina is coming off of an 103-93 double-overtime win over Clemson on Sunday night. Virginia is coming off of an 80-64 loss at Wake Forest last Saturday. It marked Virginia's eight straight road loss and sixth straight loss overall.
TheTar Heels lead the all-time series 121-48 (41-30 in Charlottesville). Since 2000, Virginia is 6-1 at home against Carolina. The Cavaliers are 25-5 at John Paul Jones Arena and 9-4 at home this season. Carolina has won five of the last six meetings overall.
Carolina is led by junior forward Tyler Hansbrough who is averaging a double-double. Hansbrough is averaging 22.8 points and 10.8 rebounds a game to lead the Tar Heels in both departments. He also leads the ACC in both categories. Other players averaging in double figures in scoring for North Carolina are sophomore guard Wayne Ellington (16.4 ppg.), sophomore guard Ty Lawson (13.6 ppg.) and junior guard/forward Danny Green (11.8 ppg.). Lawson has 120 assists (5.7 apg.) to lead North Carolina in that department.
Sean Singletary leads Virginia in both scoring and assists. He is averaging 18.6 points and 5.9 assists a game. Singletary ranks third in the ACC in scoring and second in assists.
Two other Virginia players are averaging in double figures in scoring. Junior forward/guard Mamadi Diane is averaging 11.8 points a game and senior forward Adrian Joseph is averaging 11.7 points and leads the Cavaliers with an average of 7.2 rebounds a game. Joseph ranks ninth in the ACC in rebounding.
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