North Carolina will be focused defensively in this one after being embarrassed in a 79-75 loss to Wofford as a 25-point favorite on Wednesday. The Tarheels still allow just a .402 field goal percentage and 71.9 points per game on the season. Ohio State is 9-2 UNDER in coach Chris Holtmann's first year with the team and the Buckeyes are holding opponents to just 41.5 percent from the floor and 67.1 points per game. OSU has gone UNDER its last four games, including 94-65 over The Citadel, which shot only 32.4 percent overall and 13-of-43 from three-point range. The Buckeyes have not given up more than 67 points their last five games and they are 20-8 UNDER their last 28 non-conference games. The Tarheels have stayed UNDER 11 of their last 16 against the Big 10 and four of their last five neutral site games. This game is being played in New Orleans. Play the UNDER.
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Who was the public on? 58% of the public bets were on North Carolina Tar Heels on the -3 ATS. And, 66% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Ohio State would win by a score of 77.6 to 77.0, Ohio State winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 58% of the public bets were on North Carolina Tar Heels on the -2.5 ATS. And, 53% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that North Carolina would win by a score of 75.3 to 75.0, Ohio State winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 62% of the public bets were on North Carolina Tar Heels on the -3 ATS. And, 64% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that North Carolina would win by a score of 73.2 to 69.8 with North Carolina winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 100% of the public bets were on North Carolina Tar Heels on the -7.5 ATS.
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My computer prediction for this game was that North Carolina would win by a score of 80.2 to 74.5 with North Carolina winning on the moneyline, Ohio State winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Ohio State vs. North Carolina
1:30 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 53% of the public bets were on North Carolina Tar Heels on the -1 ATS. 55% of the public money was on North Carolina Tar Heels to win on the moneyline. And, 55% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Ohio State would win by a score of 74.3 to 73.1 with Ohio State winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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