North Carolina Tar Heels vs Duke Blue Devils Prediction, 4/2/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Carolina Tar Heels vs Duke Blue Devils

Date: Saturday, April 2, 2022

Location: Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, LA

TV: TBS

Odds/Point Spread: North Carolina (+4)

Caesars Superdome is the location where the Duke Blue Devils (32-6) will try to defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels (28-9) on Saturday. Duke opens this matchup as 4-point favorites from Vegas oddsmakers. The over/under has been set at 150.5.

The North Carolina Tar Heels took the court against St. Peter's and walked away with a win by a score of 69-49 in their last game. North Carolina ended the game with a 41.0% FG percentage (25 of 61) and buried 6 of their 22 shots from distance. When they shot from the free throw line, the Tar Heels knocked down 13 of 21 attempts for a percentage of 61.9%. Pertaining to hauling in boards, they earned 45 with 12 of them being offensive. They also recorded 15 assists in this matchup while forcing 7 turnovers and having 6 steals. In terms of defense, North Carolina allowed their opponent to shoot 30.0% from the field on 18 out of 60 shooting. St. Peter's distributed 11 dimes and had 4 steals in this matchup. In addition, St. Peter's snagged 29 rebounds (4 offensive, 25 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. St. Peter's finished 90.0% at the charity stripe by burying 9 of 10 tries. They knocked down 4 of their 16 shots from downtown. With respect to personal fouls, the Tar Heels finished with 12 while St. Peter's finished the game with 18 personal fouls.

Armando Bacot is one player who was a contributor in this game. He finished 53.3% from the field and also earned 1 assist. He saw the court for 35 mins played and snagged 22 rebounds. He totaled 20 points on 8 of 15 shooting.

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North Carolina steps onto the hardwood with a mark of 28-9 for the campaign. They are turning it over 11.7 times per contest and as a team they are committing 14.4 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, North Carolina is collecting 40.6 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 566 dimes for the campaign, which has them ranked 14th in college basketball in terms of passing the rock. The Tar Heels are hitting 36.1% on 3-pointers (313 of 868) and 76.5% from the free throw line. They average 78.1 points per outing (29th in Division 1) on 45.2% from the field.

Defensively, the Tar Heels are forcing their opponents into 9.9 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 16.5 personal fouls. They give up 34.0% on shots from distance and they are 235th in the country in PPG allowed (71.1). The Tar Heels defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 42.5% (989 of 2,326) and they relinquish 32.4 boards per game as a team. They are currently ranked 327th in Division 1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 475 relinquished for the season.

For their last game, the Duke Blue Devils got the victory with a final of 78-69 when they played Arkansas. The Blue Devils were able to corral 21 defensive boards and 6 offensive rebounds for a total of 27 in the matchup. They coughed up the ball 14 times, while recording 7 steals in this contest. Arkansas committed 15 fouls in this matchup which took the Blue Devils to the free throw line for 18 attempts. They were able to convert 16 of them for a rate of 88.9%. In the matter of three-point shots, Duke converted 4 of 10 tries (40.0%). When the final whistle blew, the Blue Devils finished the game shooting 29 out of 53 from the field which had them sitting at 54.7%. The Blue Devils allowed Arkansas to knock down 26 out of their 62 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 41.9% for the game. They shot 30.0% from behind the 3-point line by connecting on 6 of 20 and finished the game at 11 of 11 from the free throw line (100.0%). When discussing team rebounding, Duke allowed Arkansas to get 25 in all (8 offensive).

Paolo Banchero ended up being a factor for the Blue Devils in the game. He converted 7 of 12 in the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 58.3%, and accumulated 4 rebounds. He totaled 22 points in his 37 mins on the hardwood and had 4 dimes in the matchup.

Duke has a record of 32-6 so far this year. As an offense, the Blue Devils are hitting on 49.4% from the floor, which ranks 3rd in college basketball. Duke has earned 3,045 points on the season (80.1 per contest) and they pull in 37.9 boards per contest. They are dishing out assists 16.6 times per game (10th in D-1) and they turn it over 10.4 times per game. The Blue Devils are committing 13.5 personal fouls every game and they hit 74.2% from the charity stripe.

The Duke defense gives up 31.8% on 3-point attempts (255 of 801) and opponents are converting on 69.0% of their shots from the free throw line. They relinquish 13.4 dimes and 33.5 boards per game, which is 255th and 116th in college basketball. The Blue Devils on defense are ranked 129th in college basketball in points given up per game with 67.4. They are able to force 10.8 turnovers on a nightly basis and have allowed teams to shoot 41.7% from the field (98th in the nation).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Duke (-4) and under 150.5 points

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