I know North Carolina is struggling this season and that Roy Williams pretty much told his team earlier this year that they were painful to watch, awful and every other negative adjective you could think.
I also know that that Tar Heels are just 9-15 since their opening night win over the Fighting Irish in November and have struggled mightily even with Cole Anthony (19.3 ppg) returning to the lineup.
But it’s still a rare day, or at least feels like one when Notre Dame is favored over North Carolina in basketball and that’s exactly what we have in the case of Monday night’s game.
Notre Dame is listed as a 2.5 point favorite over the Tar Heels tonight with the total set at 147.5. A successful North Carolina money-line bet would pay +105.
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North Carolina defeated Notre Dame 76-65 to open the season on November 6 but has since struggled to a 10-15 overall record and a 3-11 ACC record, good for last place in the conference.
Notre Dame meanwhile enters 15-10 overall, 6-8 in conference and 12-3 on their home court this season.
Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. ET and can be seen on ESPN tonight.
For what it’s worth (probably very little), Notre Dame has covered just once in their last eight games played on a Monday.
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