North Carolina Game Tonight: North Carolina vs Louisville Line, Predictions, Odds, & TV Channel for College Basketball Feb. 1
By Joe Summers
North Carolina vs Louisville Odds: Line, Spread, Over/Under
The 15-6 North Carolina Tar Heels hope to extend their winning streak to four games as they take on a sputtering 11-10 Louisville Cardinals team tonight at 8:00 PM EST. WynnBET has the Tar Heels as 3.5-point favorites and -170 on the moneyline (bet $17 to win $10) while the over-under is 145.5.
Where should bettors look for value in this matchup?
North Carolina vs Louisville Prediction
The Tar Heels have struggled on the road, failing to cover the spread in three straight, but they’re catching Louisville at the perfect time. Fresh off firing head coach Chris Mack and now missing their best player in Malik Williams to suspension, the Cardinals are a dumpster fire.
Williams was the team’s only player who averaged at least 10 points a game, which feels almost impossible, and he also leads the team with 8.7 rebounds per game. No one else averages even 5 rebounds. Louisville is coming into this game at the KFC Yum! Center like a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise preparing to cater an event with no chicken. It already was hardly fine dining, but now we just get biscuits? Yeah, the Cardinals are as good as fried chicken.
North Carolina will be able to rely on their 24th-best adjusted offensive efficiency and 16th-highest 3-point shooting percentage to run Louisville out of the gym. Without Williams to worry about, the Tar Heels’ significant rebounding advantage becomes even larger.
I don’t understand why this line is only 3.5 points and love North Carolina going away. The Cardinals are just 1-7 against the spread in their last eight games and now they have to deal with the turmoil of losing Mack and suspending Williams.
Take the Tar Heels -3.5 (-110) in this one and feel comfortable taking it up to -6.
Make your pick now on WynnBET.
What Channel is the North Carolina Game On?
North Carolina vs Louisville will be broadcast on the ACC Network at 8:00 PM EST.