Virginia Tech at North Carolina odds, picks and predictions

Payton Shanks | Staff Writer

The Virginia Tech Hokies (14-10, 6-7 ACC) take on the No. 5 North Carolina Tar Heels (19-6, 11-3) Saturday. Tip-off from Dean E. Smith Center is set for 2 p.m. ET (ACC Network). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook's lines around the Virginia Tech vs. North Carolina odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.

Virginia Tech picked up an 83-75 win over the Florida State Seminoles Tuesday while covering as a 5-point home favorite. The Hokies are now 7-0 when scoring 80 or more points this season. Tuesday's win ended a 3-game losing streak for Virginia Tech.

North Carolina suffered an 86-79 loss vs. the Syracuse Orange Tuesday while failing to cover as an 8-point road favorite. The Tar Heels allowed the Orange to shoot 62.5% from the field in the loss. North Carolina has now lost 3 of its last 5 games, only 1 of which coming at home.

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Virginia Tech at North Carolina odds

Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:50 a.m. ET.

Moneyline (ML): Virginia Tech +400 (bet $100 to win $400) | North Carolina -550 (bet $550 to win $100)
Against the spread (ATS): Virginia Tech +9.5 (-102) | North Carolina -9.5 (-120)
Over/Under (O/U): 153.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)

Virginia Tech at North Carolina picks and predictions

Prediction

North Carolina 83, Virginia Tech 71

Moneyline

PASS.

The Tar Heels (-550) will come away with the win here, but they are not worth the risk of betting on as such heavy favorites. Bet on the spread and/or O/U instead.

Against the spread

LEAN NORTH CAROLINA -9.5 (-120).

North Carolina has covered the spread in 2 of its last 3 home games. UNC is also 3-1 ATS in its last 4 matchups with Virginia Tech at home and is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 matchups overall.

This is a very slight lean as North Carolina has been bad ATS recently.

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Over/Under

LEAN OVER 153.5 (-115).

The Over has hit in 3 consecutive games for the Hokies and is 6-3-1 in their last 10 games overall. For UNC, the Over has hit in 3 of its last 4 games. The Over also hit in the last matchup between these squads and is 2-1 in the last 3 meetings with North Carolina as the home squad.

This is only a lean because the Over and Under have been very even for both teams this season.

Get ready, North Carolina!

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