GAME: #861 North Carolina vs #862 Florida State
TIME: 2/3/2020 – 7:00p EST
SPREAD: Florida State -9.5
TOTAL: 145
SPORTSBOOK: BetOnline.ag
The North Carolina Tar Heels (10-11, 3-7) have a tough ACC matchup against the #7 Florida State Seminoles (18-3, 8-2) at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Florida on Monday at 7 p.m. EST. Both teams last played this past Saturday when Florida State beat Virginia Tech by 11 points on the road and North Carolina came up short in a 71-70 game at home to Boston College. These teams met once in North Carolina last season where the Tar Heels won by a score of 77-59.
NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS
The North Carolina Tar Heels are averaging 71 points per game on 41% field goal shooting while adding 12.2 offensive rebounds per game but turning the ball over 13 times per game and averaging only 5.6 three’s per game. The Tar Heels are allowing 70 points per game on 41% field-goal shooting while forcing 11.6 turnovers and adding 7.2 steals and 3.8 blocks on defense. North Carolina is led by Cole Anthony with 19.8 points 3.5 assists and 1.9 steals per game along with Garrison Brooks has averaged 15.3 points and 9.3 rebounds while Armando Bacot has put up 10.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.
FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES
The #7 Florida State Seminoles Are averaging 75 points per game on 45% field-goal shooting while adding 7.7 three-pointers and 9.2 offensive rebounds per game. Florida State is allowing only 64 points per game on 40% field-goal shooting while forcing 18 turnovers and adding 5.2 steals and 2.8 blocks on defense. Florida State is led by Devin Vassell with 13.9 points 5.1 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game while Trent Forrest has put up 11.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 4.2 assists.
UNC vs FLORIDA STATE PREDICTION
The Tar Heels brought Cole Anthony back into the lineup on Saturday but the rest of the team did not seem quite ready for that transition. The Tar Heels looked very unprepared in their home loss to Boston College. This Tar Heels loss is completely justified as they prepared for Florida State which is a win they MUST HAVE on their resume if they have any chance of making the NCAA Tournament. Look for Cole Anthony and the Tar Heels to show up to cover the spread.
TRENDS(from covers.com)
NORTH CAROLINA
- Tar Heels are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS loss.
- Under is 11-3 in Tar Heels last 14 road games.
FLORIDA STATE
- Seminoles are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games following a straight up win.
- Over is 5-1 in Seminoles last 6 games following a straight up win.
HEAD TO HEAD
- Favorite is 3-0-1 ATS in the last 4 meetings.
SPORTS BETTING ANGLES:
Bookie Analysis: UNC +9.5 / Over 145
Fade the Public: no data / no data
Sharp Action: no data / no data
North Carolina vs #7 Florida State Prediction & Analysis – College Basketball