{"id":49053,"date":"2012-03-09T22:24:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T06:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=49053"},"modified":"2012-03-09T22:24:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T06:24:59","slug":"wolfpack-vs-tar-heels-betting-odds-predictions-9312","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/wolfpack-vs-tar-heels-betting-odds-predictions-9312\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Tar Heels vs. NC State Wolfpack NCAAB Free Pick + Gambling Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>ACC Semi-Final &#8211; Tar Heels vs Wolfpack<\/h2>\n<p>It is no shock to see that the North Carolina Tar Heels advanced to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament. \u00a0\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>ACC Semi-Final<br \/>\n#4 North Carolina Tar Heels (28-4) vs NC State Wolfpack (22-11)<br \/>\nSaturday March 10<br \/>\nPhilips Arena &#8211; Atlanta, GA<br \/>\n1:00PM<br \/>\nMoneyline: \u00a0No line currently posted<br \/>\nSpread: \u00a0UNC -9<br \/>\nO\/U: \u00a0No line currently posted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/basketball\/ncaab-matchups.aspx?page=\/data\/NCAAB\/matchups\/g6_summary_1.html\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"nofollow\">Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/basketball\/ncaab-preview.aspx?page=\/data\/NCAAB\/matchups\/g6_preview_1.html\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"nofollow\">Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>North Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UNC Coach Roy Williams\u2019 approach may be awful for spread bettors but this team is still the favourite to win, especially with Duke missing forward Ryan Kelly this weekend. \u00a0They didn\u2019t play all that well but still put up 85 points in an easy victory over Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t bode well for the Wolfpack who are desperate for a win.<\/p>\n<p>It was a team effort in the win against Maryland with four Tar Heels scoring between 13 and 15 points.<\/p>\n<p>They got some bad news when John Henson left the game due to injury but the reality is that as good as he is this team can win without him. \u00a0In his stead PJ Hairston chipped in 9 points and four rebounds as the Tar Heels pulled away.<\/p>\n<p>Henson, or no Henson, UNC still has more than enough to beat their rivals NC State. [soliloquy id=&#8221;82219&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>NC State<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am not sure the Wolfpack have done enough with their victory over Virginia to feel secure but if they can upset the rival Tar Heels they should be in the tournament. \u00a0Although if that happens they will be just a single victory from guaranteed entry so why stop there.<\/p>\n<p>They would have a ton of momentum heading into the finals and if they are playing a team with a bid already secured who knows.<\/p>\n<p>In beating Virginia forward C.J. Leslie was a monster. \u00a0He had 19 points on 9 of 11 from the field and added 12 rebounds as well.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing he didn\u2019t do was make his free throws (1 for 6) in fact the whole team struggled from the stripe (8 for 20). \u00a0On Saturday they are going to be the lesser talented team by far and they won\u2019t be able to overcome that kind of poor shooting performance.<\/p>\n<p>UNC may not be perfect but the Wolfpack will have to play close to a perfect game to beat them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spread Pick: UNC to cover<br \/>\nO\/U Pick:<br \/>\nScore Prediction: \u00a0North Carolina 77 &#8211; NC State 65<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?premium_picks\/leg,cbb\/NFC,AF23_15\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST\u00a0BASKETBALL HANDICAPPING PREDICTIONS ALL SEASON LONG \u2014\u2013&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACC Semi-Final &#8211; Tar Heels vs Wolfpack It is no shock to see that the North Carolina Tar Heels advanced to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":24374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[53,19793,6250,6988,6588,38002,53923,38007,53922,4208,11483,3257,2487,7053,39088],"class_list":["post-49053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-acc","tag-acc-conference","tag-cbb-odds","tag-cbb-predictions","tag-free-ncaa-hoops-picks","tag-n-c-state","tag-n-c-state-vs-north-carolina","tag-n-c-state-wolfpack","tag-n-c-state-wolfpack-vs-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-ncaa-basketball-betting","tag-ncaa-hoops-lines","tag-north-carolina","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-wolfpack","tag-wolfpack-vs-tar-heels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49053"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49076,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49053\/revisions\/49076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}