North Carolina vs. Pitt Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/1/23

The Pitt Panthers and the UNC Tar Heels meet in college basketball action from the Smith Assembly Center on Wednesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

North Carolina is listed as an 8.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -400. The total for this game is set at 146.5 points.

Injuries

For Pitt, John Hugley IV is the latest announcement as he’s out for the season as a redshirt, while Will Shaver is out for the season for UNC with a foot injury. RJ Davis is probably for this game after a face injury and Puff Johnson is questionable with a knee issue for the Tar Heels.

Matchup History

Pitt’s 76-74 win back on December 30^th, 2022, made it back-to-back wins and wins in four of the last five meetings between these two teams.

Trends

Pitt is 9-1-1 ATS in their lats 11 road games and 11-2 ATS in their last 13 games following an ATS win while the over is 4-0-2 in their last 6 road games following three or more consecutive home games. UNC is 0-6 ATS in their last 6 Wednesday games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall.

Pick

I’m sticking with Pitt and the points here. I think UNC likely wins this game, but Pitt has shown throughout the season that they’re a formidable team and no longer a pushover in the ACC. The Tar Heels are a solid team and they’re still the reigning national runners-up, but that hasn’t meant much when it comes to covering numbers this season. I think Pitt keeps up their solid road form with another cover here so give me the Panthers and the points.