North Carolina Tar Heels versus Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets ESPN2 TV ACC Tournament College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on March 11, 2010 by admin · No Comments

The North Carolina Tar Heels will do battle with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in a first round college basketball game in the ACC conference tournament on Thursday night. Tip off time at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro North Carolina is at 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2.

The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening point spread in this contest and it was the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets opening up as a 3 ½ point betting favorite with the over under coming in at 148.

The money in this ACC conference tournament game has come on the side of the favorite, as the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are currently a 4-point betting favorite. The total has seen the early movement come on the side of the under, as the game is lined at 143 ½ for the bettors to play into.

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets money line gamblers can lay –175 odds with the underdog North Carolina Tar Heels bringing back +155 to pull off the upset win without the need for taking the points.

These ACC conference foes are meeting for the third time this season. Back on January 16th in North Carolina it was the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets pulling out the 73-71 road victory as a 6 ½ road point underdog. North Carolina struggled from the field in their defeat hitting on just 37.9%. In their return match up held on February 16th in Georgia Tech it was the Yellow Jackets with the 68-51 blowout victory as a 6 point favorite. Once again the Tar Heels were poor from the field hitting on just 32.2% of their shots in defeat.

Georgia Tech enters play in the ACC Conference tournament with an overall record of 19-11 and 7-9 in league play. The Yellow Jackets finished 7th in conference play and is clearly on the bubble for an at large bid into the NCAA Tournament. Georgia Tech struggled down the stretch as the team finished losing 5 of their past 7 games and two straight losses. They are coming off an 88-82 home loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets struggled from the field hitting on 38% of their shots in defeat. Forward Derrick Favors had a good game off the bench against the Hokies with 18 points on 6 of 7 shooting from the field in defeat.

North Carolina had a nightmare season as they enter play in the ACC conference tournament with a 16-15 overall record and 5-11 in league play. The team will not earn an at large bid into the NCAA Tournament and has qualified for an at large bid into the NIT, CBI and College Insider Tournament by guaranteeing no worse than a .500 record. The Tar Heels ended their league play with a bad 82-50 road loss at Duke on Saturday as a 14-½ point underdog. It was a bad shooting night for the Tar Heels as they converted on just 33.3% of their shots in defeat. Forward John Henson led North Carolina with 14 points on 5 of 10 shooting in their loss.

Trend: North Carolina is 14-2 to the under in their 16 games versus ACC Conference opponents this season.

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