Tennessee vs. North Carolina odds: Win probability, final score prediction for Vols, UNC
The inaugural ACC-SEC Challenge enters night two of play as ACC blue blood Duke and North Carolina both see action. For the Tar Heels, it’s a home matchup against arguably the most successful SEC hoops program of the last couple seasons in
UNC and UT both enter the ball game with some battle scars after duking it out with some of the nation’s other top teams in holiday tournaments during the college hoops Feast Week. The Heels went down to the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis, where they finished 2-1, skaring by Northern Iowa before losing to Villanova and then rebounding for a finale win over Arkansas, who faces Duke in the ACC-SEC challenge .
As for Tennessee, they also had a challenging Thanksgiving week flying out to Honolulu for the Maui Invitational, where they scored a win over Syracuse before falling in competitive contests against Purdue and Kansas — the No. 1 and No. 5 teams in the country. These are top-25 clubs who have tested themselves and will lock horns with a huge Quad One win on the line.
Odds for Tennessee vs. North CarolinaWith the Volunteers making the trip from their Smokey Mountain home to Tobacco Road, the folks at have named North Carolina the favorites in tonight’s matchup by 1.5 points.
The Tar Heels are also -120 money line favorites while Tennessee is an even +100. The over/under is set at 143.5. You can also throw some money on either of the teams’ leading scorers, Dalton Knecht for UT and RJ Davis for UNC, to score north of 16.5 points.
Final Score Prediction for Tennessee vs. North CarolinaAccording to trusty old , this one should be a barnburner. Mr. Pomeroy’s analytics actually have North Carolina as the slight underdogs here, as he forecasts a Tennessee victory by a score of 73-71 in the Dean Dome.
Meanwhile, ESPN’s BPI also has high hopes for a competitive game and ranked the matchup as its No. 1 game of Wednesday evening across college basketball. However, like FanDuel, the BPI projections side with North Carolina, assigning them a 56.7% chance to win this game as 1.9-point favorites over the Volunteers.
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