{"id":10599,"date":"2011-03-05T04:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T04:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=10599"},"modified":"2011-03-05T04:00:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T04:00:54","slug":"duke-vs-north-carolina-spread-pick-and-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/duke-vs-north-carolina-spread-pick-and-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke vs. North Carolina Spread Pick and Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper<\/a> Matt Rivers has a free sports pick Saturday and it\u2019s is on North Carolina (-0) hosting Duke.<\/p>\n

Reasoning: I\u2019m not calling the Tar Heels at around a pick a great value of sorts because all in all Coach K\u2019s Blue Devils are still the superior team that should go further in the tournament but in this revenge spot at home I\u2019ll take my chances with Carolina blue.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just not fully sold on Duke as a legitimate number one type team. Sure they\u2019re really good with Nolan Smith, Kyle Singler and a bunch of\u00a0quality players but after losing Brian Zoubek and Lance Thomas from last season the big men are not all that right now as the Plumlee Brothers are nothing more than good and without Jon Scheyer and Kyrie Irving running the show\u00a0the Dookies are not a\u00a0great team, they\u2019re just not.<\/p>\n

North Carolina is not all the way back after the disaster of last season but Roy Williams\u2019 squad has made great strides and is a confident squad that continues to improve. Today is the game where they are going to go full steam ahead. The ACC title is on the line along with a matter of revenge\u00a0and the Heels are playing at the Dean Dome. It\u2019s just tough for me to see Duke coming into hostile territory in this rivalry and being able to sweep this series. If you watched the first game between the teams about a month ago it was apparent in that thing how\u00a0UNC was the definite better team. The Devils made a great comeback in the\u00a0victory as they nailed everything in that eight or so minute stretch but they did not cover in the end and certainly did not deserve to grab the cash.<\/p>\n

Harrison Barnes may be a one and done superstar, John Henson is a really tough inside presence and all in all the Heels are\u00a0once again a team that is going to cause anybody fits and especially on their home court.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s very possible for these teams to meet another time or two before the season is out and for Duke to flex its muscles but on this night I\u2019m just fine with the Tar Heels getting some payback in their friendly confines.<\/p>\n

The pick: North Carolina<\/p>\n

For more information: <\/strong>It\u2019s\u00a0a great day to get out of the funk and a funk it has been over the past week. February was really good and March has been really bad. That\u2019s the life of a handicapper, capitalize on the big runs and minimize the bad ones. Three winners today including an early 400,000* between Duquesne and Richmond plus a\u00a0bonus 300,000* Notre Dame and Connecticut along with a 200,000* Texas-Baylor. Get Rivers redemption<\/a> at OffshoreInsiders.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a free sports pick Saturday and it\u2019s is on North Carolina (-0) hosting Duke. Reasoning: I\u2019m not calling the Tar Heels at around a pick a great value of sorts because all in all Coach K\u2019s Blue Devils are still the superior team that should go further in … Continue reading Duke vs. North Carolina Spread Pick and Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10599"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10601,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10599\/revisions\/10601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}