North Carolina Tar Heels vs Virginia Tech Hokies Prediction, 12/4/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Carolina Tar Heels vs Virginia Tech Hokies

Date: Sunday, December 4, 2022

Location: Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, VA

TV: ACCN

The North Carolina Tar Heels (5-3) are en route to Cassell Coliseum on Sunday where they will try to defeat the Virginia Tech Hokies (7-1).

The North Carolina Tar Heels faced Indiana and took a loss by a score of 77-65 in their last contest. When it comes to personal fouls, the Tar Heels walked away with 18 and Indiana totaled 21 personal fouls. They knocked down 3 out of their 13 shots from distance. Indiana finished the game shooting 66.7% from the charity stripe by converting 12 of their 18 shots. On top of that, Indiana grabbed 38 boards (7 offensive, 31 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Indiana recorded 13 dimes and had 7 steals in this game. With regard to the defense, North Carolina let their opponent shoot 50.0% from the floor on 31 out of 62 shooting. They also dished out 5 assists for this game in addition to forcing 8 turnovers and earning 4 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they compiled 37 with 10 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Tar Heels buried 20 of their 27 tries for a percentage of 74.1%. North Carolina ended the contest with a 33.9% field goal percentage (20 out of 59) and buried 5 out of their 18 shots from downtown.

Pete Nance is someone who was a factor in the game. He was able to score 15 points on 4 of 11 shooting. He played for 35 minutes played and collected 12 boards. He finished the contest at 36.4% from the field and distributed 1 assist.

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North Carolina will enter this game with a mark of 5-3 for the campaign. They lose possession via turnover 11.8 times per contest and as a squad they commit 17.9 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, North Carolina is grabbing 40.3 boards per game and has accounted for 91 dimes for the season, which ranks 264th in college hoops in terms of passing the rock. The Tar Heels are hitting 30.4% on 3-point shots (49 of 161) and 74.9% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 80.4 points per game (55th in the country) while hitting 44.9% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Tar Heels have forced 12.1 turnovers per game while drawing 22.4 fouls. They are 277th in the country in giving up assists to the opposition with 107 surrendered for the season. The Tar Heels defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 42.3% (224 of 530) and they relinquish 36.8 boards per game as a group. They relinquish 34.7% on 3-point attempts and they are 319th in college hoops in opponents PPG (75.4).

When they last stepped on the court, the Virginia Tech Hokies got the victory with a final of 67-57 against Minnesota. When talking about cleaning the glass, Virginia Tech allowed Minnesota to snag 23 in total (5 on the offensive side). They shot 26.1% from 3-point land by connecting on 6 of 23 and ended up going 7 out of 14 from the free throw line (50.0%). The Hokies permitted Minnesota to bury 22 out of 60 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 36.7% in the matchup. When all was said and done, the Hokies walked away from this one shooting 28 out of 57 from the field which gave them a percentage of 49.1%. When discussing shooting from distance, Virginia Tech converted 5 out of their 14 attempts (35.7%). They were able to convert 6 of the free throw tries for a rate of 75.0%. Minnesota was called for 14 fouls in the game which got the Hokies to the free throw line for 8 attempts. They turned the ball over 13 times, while getting 2 steals for this game. The Hokies collected 30 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 38 for this game.

Sean Pedulla ended up having an impact for the Hokies in this matchup. He converted 8 of 13 in this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 61.5%, and accumulated 4 rebounds. He had 17 points in his 36 mins on the hardwood and had 2 dimes for the matchup.

Virginia Tech has a mark of 7-1 on the campaign. When it comes to offensive execution, the Hokies are shooting 49.5% from the field, which is 34th in college hoops. Virginia Tech has totaled 614 pts for the season (76.8 per contest) and they pull down 35.5 boards per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 14.6 times per game (124th in the nation) and they lose possession via turnover 8.9 times per contest. The Hokies are responsible for committing 13.1 fouls every game and they connect on 74.5% from the charity stripe.

The Hokies defensively are ranked 90th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 64.3. They have forced 11.1 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 42.1% from the floor (165th in the nation). The Virginia Tech defense gives up 33.5% on 3-point attempts (59 of 176) and their opponents are converting on 60.6% of their free throw shots. They have surrendered 11.5 assists and 32.6 boards per game, which has them ranked 126th and 104th in the nation.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take North Carolina

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