{"id":9724,"date":"2009-03-25T23:54:03","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T04:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=9724"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:44:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:44:29","slug":"bulldogs-tarheels-free-pick-betting-lines-250309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/bulldogs-tarheels-free-pick-betting-lines-250309\/","title":{"rendered":"Gonzaga vs. North Carolina Free Pick (Mar. 27)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Gonzaga (28-5)\u00a0vs.\u00a0North Carolina (30-4)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>2009 NCAA Tournament <a title=\"Sweet 16 Picks\" href=\"\/ncaab\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Sweet 16<\/a> Action<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday March 27, 10:07 PM ET<br \/>\nMemphis, TN FedEx Forum \u2013 South Region<\/p>\n<p>Gonzaga is 1-7 vs. non conference opponents in the last 8 games.  They are on a 4 game ATS losing streak in the NCAA Tournament.  In the tournament the Zags are beating opponents by an average of 7.5 points.<!--more-->The over is a definite trend in Gonzaga games.  They have had balanced scoring in the tournament with 5 guys averaging over 10 points.  However their defense has given up an average of 11 made 3\u2019s a game.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina is 6-1 ATS in the last 7 NCAA contests including a 2-0 ATS record this year.  They are 8-3 ATS in the last 11 neutral site battles.  The average margin of victory in this years\u2019 tournament is 33.5 points per game. The under is a trend in Tar Heel games.  Ty Lawson is healthy and UNC is a much better team with him on the court. UNC is the deeper and more athletic team in this matchup.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/sports-betting\/ncaa-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gonzaga is talented but this matchup favors the Tar Heels.  Roy Williams has North Carolina on a mission to send Tyler Hansborough out with a National Championship in his senior season.  North Carolina rolls in this game.<\/p>\n<h3>Last Game Out:<\/h3>\n<p>Last game for Gonzaga (28-5): Win 83-81 vs. Western Kentucky<br \/>\nLast game for North Carolina (30-4): Win 84-70 vs. LSU<\/p>\n<h3>Betting Lines:<\/h3>\n<p>North Carolina -8.5<br \/>\nOver\/Under 162.5<\/p>\n<h3>No Recent Matchups<\/h3>\n<p>11\/22\/06 Gonzaga won SU 82-74 and ATS<\/p>\n<h3>My Sweet 16 FREE PICK for Gonzaga vs. UNC<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pick<\/strong> &#8211; North Carolina<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/sports-betting\/ncaa-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow\">BET ON THIS SWEET 16 MATCHUP AT BETUS.COM &#8211; ONLINE SPORTSBOOK WITH THE BEST NCAA TOURNAMENT BETTING ODDS IN THE WORLD!!!!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chris Hahn is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog. He\u2019s a Wichita State Shockers season tix holder! But don\u2019t hold that against him ok? He flat out loves his college HOOPS! Got a comment? In the mood to run a little smack? Chris wants to hear from you, so comment below!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a free pick, preview and predictions article for the 2009 Sweet sixteen round matchup between the Gonzaga Bulldogs and the North Carolina Tar Heels in the March Madness Tourney&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[41,5029,164,12160,12161,12162,11822,471,479,7715,7714,12163,12164,8960,10217,9588,10434,2487,11943,12131,12025],"class_list":["post-9724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-41","tag-bet-college-basketball","tag-betting-lines","tag-bulldogs-tar-heels-odds","tag-bulldogs-tar-heels-picks","tag-bulldogs-vs-tar-heels","tag-free-ncaa-tournament-picks","tag-free-picks","tag-free-predictions","tag-gonzaga","tag-gonzaga-bulldogs","tag-gonzaga-north-carolina-lines","tag-gonzaga-vs-north-carolina","tag-march-madness","tag-march-madness-betting","tag-march-madness-odds","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-south-region","tag-sweet-16-betting","tag-sweet-sixteen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9724"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103725,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724\/revisions\/103725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}