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Published: February 7, 2010
The North Carolina Tar Heels will hit the road in ACC play when they visit the Maryland Terrapins in a college basketball game on Sunday afternoon. Tip off time in Maryland is scheduled for 2PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FSN.
The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening line in this game and the home team Maryland Terrapins opened as a 5 ½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 157 ½.
The early money from the bettors has some in on the home favorite, as the Maryland Terrapins are currently a 7-point favorite. The total has seen no early movement from the opening number as the current over under is lined at 157 ½.
College basketball money line players can make a play on the favored Maryland Terrapins at –280 with the road underdog North Carolina Tar Heels bringing back +240 to win this game without the need for taking the points.
This will be the first regular season meeting of the season between these two ACC conference rivals. The teams split on the season with the National Champions upending the Terrapins 108-91 as a 21-½ point favorite and were upset at Maryland 88-85 as a 12 point betting favorite. Maryland has defeated North Carolina in two straight on their home court.
When the calendar went from 2009 to 2010 the North Carolina Tar Heels game went south. On January 4th North Carolina was upset at the College of Charleston 82-79 and has never recovered. Since that loss North Carolina has gone 1-5 straight up against ACC Conference opponents. There are many around college basketball predicting the team to miss the NCAA Tournament. The club is coming off a 74-70 loss at Virginia Tech on Thursday night. Senior forward Deon Thompson has struggled with 5 of 14 shooting over his past 2 games.
The Maryland Terrapins are winners of 5 of their past 6 games. They are an impressive 6-1 against ACC opponents this season. Maryland is coming off a nice 71-67 road victory at Clemson on Thursday night. The team was good on the defensive end limiting the Seminoles to just 37% shooting from the field. No team has shot higher than 38% against the Terrapins over their past 6 games. Senior guard Greivis Vasquez is coming off a good effort at Florida St with 23 points in a tough road win. The four-year player has improved his three point shooting this season with a 37% shooting average from beyond the arc.
Trend: The Over is 4-0 in their past 4 meetings
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