Something unusual will happen tonight when the No. 5 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels (20-3, 6-2 ACC) travel to Durham, NC to take on the No. 16 Duke Blue Devils (18-5, 5-4 ACC) at 9 p.m. EST. What’s out of the ordinary is Duke’s on a legitimate losing streak dropping its last two games to Florida State at home on Sunday and at Virginia on Feb. 1st. North Carolina would like to avoid a losing streak after losing on the road at North Carolina State last Saturday and the Blue Devils would certainly like to end their current two game skid. Bet on college hoops at Sportbet.com and receive a 50% signup bonus.
The good news for Duke is they get the Tar Heels in the very friendly confines of Cameron Indoor Stadium on the Duke University campus. The bad news for the Blue Devils is they are expected to lose, being installed as + 4-point home underdogs at most offshore sportsbooks. The game total is set at 142 ½.
In the Blue Devils previous home game against Florida State, they failed to cover as -8 ½ point home favorites. Duke has also failed to cover in three of its last four games dating back to Jan 25 when it failed to cover -6 ½ at home to Clemson. In totals betting, the over has cashed in three of the last five games Duke has played.
The Tar Heels have won eight of their last 10 games SU and gone 7-3 ATS in that span while the under has cashed in six of the last 10 games in totals betting.
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Tonight’s game will be the first time since 1989 that Duke goes into a game with North Carolina with two consecutive losses and the Tar Heels losing its previous game.
North Carolina leads the all-time series with Duke 125-96, but Duke leads the series 47-43 in games played in Durham. The Tar Heels have lost eight of their last 10 games in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
