The Syracuse Orange (7-2 overall, 1-1 ACC) visit the North Carolina Tar Heels (7-4, 2-2) in a Tuesday night ACC tilt at Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill. Tip-off will be at 9 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Syracuse-North Carolina college basketball betting odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
Syracuse at North Carolina: Betting odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 11:45 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Syracuse +165 (bet $100 to win $165) | North Carolina -200 (bet $200 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Syracuse +4.5 (-110) | North Carolina -4.5 (-110)
- Over/Under: 145.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Syracuse at North Carolina: Three things to know
- Syracuse was on a COVID-related stoppage in play over the holidays and didn’t play a game from De. 22-Jan. 6. Tuesday’s game at Dean Smith Center (an added contest after a Syracuse-Clemson affair scheduled for Tuesday was nixed) marks SU’s first road contest since Dec. 12. The Orange are 1-1 straight-up and against the spread in two road games this winter.
- The Tar Heels and Orange have been involved in their fair share of close games this season. Seven of UNC’s 11 games have been decided by six or fewer points. Four of SU’s nine games meet the same criteria; a fifth game (a 107-96 win over Buffalo Dec. 19) was decided in overtime.
- North Carolina has just three upperclassmen among its top-10 in minutes played. UNC’s youth has been most evident in shooting the basketball (41.9% field-goal accuracy) and taking care of it (15.8 turnovers per game). Both figures rank last in the ACC.
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Syracuse at North Carolina: Odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Syracuse 71, North Carolina 70
Money line (ML)
The better shooting team is recommended: TAKE SYRACUSE +165.
Against the spread (ATS)
The Orange are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 road games. The Tar Heels are 0-4 ATS in their last four games.
North Carolina’s above-average defensive efficiency numbers are based on some stale non-conference games. UNC lost back-to-back games Dec. 22 and Dec. 30; the Tar Heels have won consecutive games since, but they trailed for long stretches in each. Both were ATS losses; one (Jan. 2 vs. Notre Dame) was by a 9.5-point margin at home.
BACK SYRACUSE +4.5 (-110).
Over/Under (O/U)
The Under is 5-1 in North Carolina’s last six games and 3-1 in Syracuse’s last four.
The UNDER 145.5 (-110) is the lean for this one.
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