With a home win tonight versus Maryland (18-10, 7-6 ACC) at Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Tar Heels (21-6, 11-2) mens basketball team will tie their arch-rivals Duke Blue Devils for the Atlantic Coast Conference lead. Providing Carolina gets the win versus the Terps, they have two games remaining on their ACC round-robin schedule. The Tar Heels control their own destiny starting tonight (7:45 PM Eastern).
Keeping up to date on current NCAA Basketball Point Spreads, will equip the college basketball fan with the best tools for smart hoops betting – All the way through the 2011 NCAA Tournament.
Oddsmakers at most offshore sports shops list Carolina as 6 1/2-point spreads favorites versus Maryland with a posted combined score total of 149. Terps backers are getting +230 odds on the offshore money line while the price of a SU money line wager on the Tar Heels is -230. With this format, it would require a $230 wager for a SU Tar Heels' victory to win $100.
Early betting trends show public betting favoring the Tar Heels by 63 percent ATS and 92 percent money line. Totals betting shows 77 percent of wagers on the combined game score to go OVER the posted 149.
College Basketball's regular season could not more exciting than right now as it turns down the final stretch towards March Madness. Point-Spreads.com hoops expert handicappers Reno Gold and John Day will be providing 2011 NCAA Basketball Predictions all the way to the Final-4 and Championship Game.
North Carolina is 14-2 SU and 6-8 ATS at home. Overall on the season, Carolina is 13-11 ATS. Maryland has struggled on the road going 4-5 SU but has been dependable ATS wager for backers going 6-3. The OVER has been the best totals bet for home Carolina games going 8-6 while the point total went UNDER in eight of 10 games Maryland played on the road.
Maryland vs. North Carolina predictions: If the Tar Heels aren't caught looking ahead they will cover the spread in this one. NCAAB Spreads BEST BET -Tar Heels – 6 1/2.
