The North Carolina Tar Heels will take on the No. 24 Michigan Wolverines at 9:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday at the Dean E. Smith Center in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge 2021. Both teams are 4-2 but UNC is 3-0 at home, while the Wolverines are 1-0 on the road. The two programs met in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge from 2017-2019 and the Wolverines were able to win and cover in two of those three contests.
However, both programs have been disappointing against the spread this season, with Michigan at 2-4 and North Carolina at 0-6. The Wolverines are favored by 2.5 points in the latest North Carolina vs. Michigan odds from Caesars Sportsbook, and the over-under is set at 151. Before entering any Michigan vs. North Carolina picks, you’ll want to see the college basketball predictions from the model at SportsLine.
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Now, the model has set its sights on North Carolina vs. Michigan. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several college basketball odds for North Carolina vs. Michigan:
- North Carolina vs. Michigan spread: North Carolina +2.5
- North Carolina vs. Michigan over-under: 151 points
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What you need to know about North Carolina
UNC has more to be thankful for after its game against the UNC-Asheville Bulldogs last Tuesday. UNC took down UNC-Asheville 72-53. UNC forward Armando Bacot did his thing and had 22 points along with seven rebounds in the victory. Bacot leads the team in scoring (15.7 ppg) and rebounding (8.7 rpg) in Hubert Davis’ first season at the helm.
Bacot and Dawson Garcia will have to match up in the frontcourt with Hunter Dickinson and Moussa Diabate. That interior battle figures to be critical with both teams typically choosing to impose their will physically. Bacot and Dickinson should be particularly interesting as a battle between two clear-cut future NBAers.
What you need to know about Michigan
The Wolverines captured a comfortable 65-54 win over the Tarleton St. Texans last week. The top scorers for Michigan were guard Eli Brooks (15 points), guard Caleb Houstan (14 points), and Diabate (14 points). Dickinson also had nine points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots in the win.
Dickinson is averaging 14.8 points and 8.0 rebounds per game this season but Juwan Howard needs him to take another step forward in his development and become an even more dominant post presence to help carry this program. Meanwhile, Brooks is having a career-year offensively and his shot-making ability (50.0 percent from the floor and 42.9 percent from the 3-point line) could be the difference on Wednesday.
How to make Michigan vs. North Carolina picks
The model has simulated North Carolina vs. Michigan 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning under and it’s also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in over 50 percent of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.
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