{"id":3651,"date":"2009-03-04T07:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/north-carolina-virginia-tech-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-03-04T07:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T12:31:00","slug":"north-carolina-virginia-tech-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/north-carolina-virginia-tech-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina-Virginia Tech Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Cassell Coliseum will be treated to a game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Virginia Tech Hokies when they take their seats on Wednesday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tyler<\/st2:GivenName> Hansbrough<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> totaled 28 points and 10 rebounds as North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> cruised to an easy 104-74 win over Georgia<\/st2:GivenName> Tech<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> on Saturday afternoon. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tar Heels covered the 23-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day’s posted total of 162. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
A.D.<\/st2:GivenName> Vassallo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 26 points and 10 rebounds for Virginia<\/st2:GivenName> Tech<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in a 72-65 loss to Duke on Saturday afternoon. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Hokies did not cover the 5.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day’s posted total of 144. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 25-3 SU, 12-15 ATS
Virginia Tech: 17-11 SU, 9-14 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
North Carolina most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 7-3
Before playing Duke are 8-2
After playing Georgia Tech are 6-4
After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 3-7
Before playing Florida State are 5-3
After playing Duke are 7-0
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
North Carolina is 23-2 SU in its last 25 games on the road
North Carolina is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of North Carolina’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of North Carolina’s last 5 games
Virginia Tech is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Virginia Tech’s last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Virginia Tech’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Virginia Tech’s last 6 games when playing North Carolina<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Duke, Sunday, March 8
Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:GivenName> Tech at Florida<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Sunday, March 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Cassell Coliseum will be treated to a game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Virginia Tech Hokies when they take their seats on Wednesday. Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Tyler Hansbrough totaled 28 points and 10 rebounds as … Continue reading North Carolina-Virginia Tech Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/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-3651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3651","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=3651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}