On Tuesday, Miami and North Carolina will lock horns in one of the most anticipated matchups of the Hurricanes’ basketball season.

Out in the desert, the betting line for this colossal Watsco Center showdown was released Monday evening. Once again, the Tar Heels find themselves as a slight road favorite.

According to our friends at FanDuel, North Carolina is listed as a 1.5-point favorite against Miami. The over/under is set at 156.5, while the Hurricanes check in at -104 on the moneyline.

For the season, Miami is 11-12 against the spread (ATS), while North Carolina is 13-10. The Tar Heels have covered five straight games if you don’t count their narrow one-point win over Syracuse, which was a -11.5 favorite, they covered by 10. Hubert Davis’ squad is just 3-3 ATS on the road.

As I say every week and every game, bet responsibly.

Go Canes. Wear Orange!

 

Without Washington beating that spread does not seem possible.

 

this came out at s.i. an hour ago, might be older news, or not, but love it whatever...

 

Even with Washington likely back, I’m pretty surprised this game is nearly a pick ‘em.

 

 

Man, what is going on?

 

I don't bet on basketball and don't know much about the lines in these games but 1.5 seems extremely low.

I guess they did lose to Cal, Stanford, and SMU on the road.

 

Even with Washington likely back, I’m pretty surprised this game is nearly a pick ‘em.

I agree with you 100%. If NC plays anywhere the way they played against Duke on Saturday it could be a very long night for the Canes. We just don't have the depth to withstand their constant pressure.

 

I agree with you 100%. If NC plays anywhere the way they played against Duke on Saturday it could be a very long night for the Canes. We just don't have the depth to withstand their constant pressure.

In fairness, I watched the Duke - Carolina games and Carolina wasn't impressive.
Caleb Wilson carried Carolina in the first half of that game while Duke went cold in the last 5 minutes of the game.
I like Miami tonight because I don't think Carolina can score 80 points on the road.
I do feel like Miami will get to 80 points easily if they make free throws along with Tru playing tonight.

 

Very hard to win games on the road when the home team has a rabid crowd, as we will. Line makes total sense to me. UNC just played an incredibly emotional game on Saturday night, too.