North Carolina vs Tennessee 11/21/2021 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds

The Tennessee Volunteers and the North Carolina Tar Heels meet Sunday in college basketball action from Mohegan Sun Arena. Tennessee is 2-1 on the year and coming off a loss to Villanova. As for North Carolina, they’re 3-1 after a loss to Purdue on Saturday. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place. 

Tennessee posted a big win over TN-Martin in their opener this year. The Volunteers scored 47 points in the second half on the way to a 90-62 victory. In game two it was another win for the Volunteers. Tennessee posted a victory over East Tennessee State 94-62. 

In Saturday’s game versus Villanova the Volunteers had a tough matchup. Tennessee got off to an awful start with just 15 points in the first half and limped to a 71-53 defeat. Santiago Vescovi led the team with his 23 points and six rebounds. 

Over on the North Carolina side, they managed a win over Loyola-MD in their first game of the year, taking it 83-67. Wins followed in the next two outings, 94-87 over Brown and 94-83 over Charleston for a 3-0 start. 

North Carolina lost their first game of the season on Saturday versus Purdue. The Tar Heels fell behind 41-35 at halftime and couldn’t make up the deficit in a 93-84 loss. Dawson Garcia led the way on 26 points and eight rebounds for UNC. 

Tennessee is 3-7 ATS in their last 10 neutral-site games and 3-7 ATS in the last 10 versus a team with a winning straight-up record. The over is 9-3 in the Vols’ last 12 neutral-site games. 

Meanwhile, the Tar Heels are 0-4-1 in their last five overall and 0-4 ATS in their last four as a favorite. The Tar Heels are 5-3 ATS in their last eight after an ATS loss. 

PICK: I’m going to try Tennessee. The Volunteers have only had the one bad game so far this year, and that was mostly due to Villanova being Villanova. Tennessee shot just 33.3 percent from the field with nine assists and 18 turnovers, but stayed strong on the boards with a mild 41-39 rebounding deficit. 

As for North Carolina, they shot well (44.9 percent) and rebounded well (37) against Purdue, but gave up 55.7 percent shooting on the other side and couldn’t keep up. It’ll be interesting to see how they bounce back here.