{"id":3350,"date":"2009-01-17T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/miami-north-carolina-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-17T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-17T16:14:00","slug":"miami-north-carolina-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/miami-north-carolina-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-North Carolina Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Miami Hurricanes and the North Carolina Tar Heels will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Dean<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Smith<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Tar Heels listed as 16\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hurricanes, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jack<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>McClinton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> poured in 18 points to lift <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> over <st1:State><st1:place>Maryland<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 62-60 on Wednesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> couldn&#8217;t cover as 9-point home favorites as the game played under the 135-point total set by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> scored 50 points in the first half en route to an 83-61 victory over <st2:GivenName><st1:State><st1:place>Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:GivenName> on Thursday. <st1:State><st1:place>North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> covered the 16-point spread, while the 144 points fell UNDER the posted total of 165. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Tyler<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hansbrough<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> shot 6-for-13 from the field with a game-high 28 points to go along with 12 rebounds to complete a double-double. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 6 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 13-3 SU, 6-5 ATS <br \/>North Carolina: 15-2 SU, 8-8 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Miami most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Florida State are 3-7<br \/>After playing Maryland are 2-4<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 10-0<br \/>Before playing Clemson are 7-3<br \/>After playing Virginia are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Miami is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Miami is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami&#8217;s last 5 games when playing North Carolina<br \/>Miami is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against North Carolina<br \/>North Carolina is 20-2 SU in its last 22 games at home<br \/>North Carolina is 15-2 SU in its last 17 games <br \/>North Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Miami<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of North Carolina&#8217;s last 5 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State, Wednesday, January 21<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Clemson, Wednesday, January 21<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><b><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b 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Oddsmakers currently have the Tar Heels listed as 16\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hurricanes, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Jack McClinton poured in 18 points to lift &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/miami-north-carolina-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Miami-North Carolina Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3350","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=3350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}