NCAA Basketball Betting - Rivalry Week Continues
by BetUS Staff
Rivalry Week continues this evening with a beauty as the No. 5 Duke rivalry is arguably the biggest in all of college basketball.
The Tar Heels are 6-2 ATS (against the spread) in the last eight meetings at Cameron Indoor Stadium and they are 8-3 ATS in their last eleven overall.
In their last outing, the Tar Heels lost the ACC lead with an 83-79 loss to the Florida State.
After losing, North Carolina have been able to bounce back with paydays; the Tar Heels are 20-7-1 ATS in their last 28 games following a SU (straight up) loss.
Tonight's game will mark the first time since 2003 and only the fifth time since the 1975-76 season that both teams enter the game after a loss.
Wednesday action has been a profitable day for North Carolina, as the Tar Heels are 5-1 ATS in their last six Wednesday games. For Duke it's been a different story; the Blue Devils are 0-5 ATS in their last five Wednesday games.
Duke enters this game the dog (+5) but that may mean a cover, as the underdog is 10-1 ATS in the last eleven meetings.
Notable Game Trends:
- Tar Heels are 10-2 ATS in their last 12 road games.
- Tar Heels are 14-3 ATS in their last 17 games as a favorite.
- Tar Heels are 10-2 ATS in their last 12 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Tar Heels are 4-1 ATS in their last five vs. Atlantic Coast.
- Tar Heels are 14-3 ATS in their last 17 games overall.
- Blue Devils are 4-0 ATS in their last four games as a home underdog.
- Blue Devils are 4-1 ATS in their last five games as an underdog of 0.5-6.5.
- Blue Devils are 3-9 ATS in their last 12 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Blue Devils are 12-11 ATS in their last 23 games overall.
Also on tonight's card is a left coast dandy. The top spot in the USC Trojans (18-6).
The Bruins have won 17 in a row. The teams split the series last season, with each team winning at home.
The Trojans have knocked off five ranked teams this season, but didn't join the Top-25 until three weeks ago.
UCLA and USC are second and third in the league in scoring defense, with the Bruins holding opponents to 59.1 points and the Trojans 61.4 points. USC is the Pac-10's best field-goal percentage defensive team.
The cross-town rivalry has manufactured a healthy bankroll in this series for the home folks, as the home team is 4-0 ATS in the last four meetings. When the two meet, the puppy has barked, as the underdog is 8-2 ATS in the last ten meetings.
Notable Game Trends:
- Trojans are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games as an underdog.
- Trojans are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games.
- Trojans are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Trojans are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 vs. Pacific-10.
- Trojans are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games overall.
- Bruins are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games as a home favorite of 7.0-12.5.
- Bruins are 15-7 ATS in their last 22 games as a home favorite.
- Bruins are 22-10 ATS in their last 32 games following a SU win.
- Bruins are 18-8 ATS in their last 26 vs. Pacific-10.
- Bruins are 25-12 ATS in their last 37 games overall.
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