Louisville vs North Carolina 1/14/23 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
North Carolina Tar Heels (11-6) vs. Louisville Cardinals (2-15)
January 14, 2023 2:00 pm EDT
The Line: Louisville Cardinals +12.5 / North Carolina Tar Heels -12.5; Over/Under: +145.5
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The North Carolina Tar Heels and Louisville Cardinals meet Saturday in college basketball action at the KFC Yum! Center. The North Carolina Tar Heels look for their 12th win. The Louisville Cardinals look for their third win.
The North Carolina Tar Heels are averaging 80 points on 45.9 percent shooting and allowing 73.7 points on 43.5 percent shooting. Armando Bacot is averaging 17.6 points and 10.6 rebounds, while Caleb Love is averaging 16.6 points and 4 rebounds. RJ Davis is the third double-digit scorer and Pete Nance is grabbing 6.1 rebounds. The North Carolina Tar Heels are shooting 32 percent from beyond the arc and 73.3 percent from the free throw line. The North Carolina Tar Heels are allowing 34.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 36.7 rebounds per game.
The Louisville Cardinals are averaging 63.1 points on 40.9 percent shooting and allowing 74.9 points on 47.5 percent shooting. El Ellis is averaging 17.5 points and 2.6 rebounds, while Mike James is averaging 9.2 points and 3.5 rebounds. Jae’Lyn Withers is grabbing 4.5 rebounds and Brandon Huntley-Hatfield is grabbing 6 rebounds. The Louisville Cardinals are shooting 32.8 percent from beyond the arc and 71.6 percent from the free throw line. The Louisville Cardinals are allowing 34.8 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 30.4 rebounds per game.
The Tar Heels are 1-6-1 ATS in their last 8 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Cardinals are 8-22 ATS in their last 30 home games and 16-33-2 ATS in their last 51 games overall. The over is 6-1 in Tar Heels last 7 overall. The over is 4-0 in Cardinals last 4 overall. The favorite is 10-2 ATS in the last 12 meetings.
The North Carolina Tar Heels are the better team and should win this game by a decent margin, but let’s not act like they’ve been lighting the world on fire, and they’ve had issues on the road already. The Louisville Cardinals are a mess, and it’s hard to sell anyone on them, but they’re also at home here, and they should be able to get up behind a packed house. I’ll take a shot with the home dog.
