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The Elon Phoenix and the 10th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels meet at Dean E. Smith Center Monday in the regular-season opener for both teams. Tip-off is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET (ACC Network). Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s college basketball odds around the Elon vs. North Carolina odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.
The Phoenix are expected to be near the bottom of the standings in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) in 2024-25. Elon won 13 games last season, and G TK Simpkins is a quality scoring option. C Matt Van Komen bolsters the frontcourt, but the rest of the roster is rather inexperienced.
The Tar Heels have a national player of the year candidate in G RJ Davis, and like their rivals at Duke, UNC had a pretty solid recruiting class. G Ian Jackson is going to make an immediate impact, and the team brings in a big body in F Ven-Allen Lubin from Vanderbilt to strengthen the frontcourt.
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Elon at North Carolina odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list of college basketball odds. Lines last updated at 8:20 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Elon +3500 (bet $100 to win $3,500 ) | North Carolina -20000 (bet $20,000 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Elon +27.5 (-102) | North Carolina -27.5 (-120)
- Over/Under (O/U): 151.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Elon at North Carolina picks and predictions
Prediction
North Carolina 95, Elon 58
Moneyline
You obviously cannot play North Carolina (-20000) either straight up or as part of a multi-leg play. Betting $100 would net a mere 50 cents of profit.
AVOID.
Against the spread
NORTH CAROLINA -27.5 (-120) is a national title contender, while Elon +27.5 (-102) is going to struggle in the CAA. The Phoenix are going to be in way over their heads, and they’ll be happy when this is over, the bus is revved up, and they can return to Alamance County to regroup.
Think of this as a No. 1 seed going up against a No. 16 seed which won a play-in game. This will be a mismatch, and Elon just doesn’t have nearly the size to compete.
Over/Under
OVER 151.5 (-110) is the lean, but go with a half-unit play at most.
It wouldn’t be surprising to see Carolina approach triple digits, if not go over the century mark.
Elon isn’t going to be able to contribute very much to the total, but it might not have to.
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