North Carolina Tar Heels NCAA Basketball Betting
The North Carolina Tar Heels and head coach Hubert Davis are making up for lost time and missing out on the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. North Carolina has stormed back to make the Sweet 16 and will face the Alabama Crimson Tide on Thursday night in Los Angeles. Last week, the Tar Heels took out Wagner and Michigan State. Most important of all, North Carolina is printing money as one of the hottest teams on the college basketball board.
Check the latest NCAA Basketball Betting Lines today!
2024 North Carolina Tar Heels Sweet 16 Lines
Alabama Crimson Tide +4
North Carolina Tar Heels -4
Total: 173.5
Money Line: Alabama +160, North Carolina -185
North Carolina Tar Heels Next Matchup
On Thursday, March 28, 2024, the Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference will face the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA. Tipoff Time is 9:39 p.m. ET, with television coverage on CBS.
Alabama Crimson Tide Team Overview
Overall, the Alabama Crimson Tide are 21-10 straight up, 16-14-1 against the spread, and 23-8 over/under the total. Alabama has national metrics of 1st for scoring offense, 34th for field goal percentage, 37th for 3-point field goal percentage, 11th for free throw percentage, and 24th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Alabama is 353rd for scoring defense, 186th for field goal percentage permitted, 75th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 178th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, Alabama has covered two of its previous three games. Alabama has gone over the total in 11 of its last 13 outings. First among Alabama scorers is G Mark Sears, with 21.1 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game. G Aaron Estrada averages 13.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per contest. And then F Grant Nelson adds 12.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per matchup.
North Carolina Tar Heels Team Overview
Overall, the North Carolina Tar Heels are 25-6 straight up, 17-13-1 against the spread, and 14-17 over/under the total. North Carolina has national metrics of 24th for scoring offense, 161st for field goal percentage, 81st for 3-point field goal percentage, 58th for free throw percentage, and 5th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, North Carolina is 118th for scoring defense, 19th for field goal percentage permitted, 44th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 109th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, North Carolina has covered five of its previous seven games. North Carolina has gone over the total in five of its last six outings. First among North Carolina scorers is G RJ Davis, with 21.4 points per game. Second on the Tar Heel sheet is F Armando Bacot, with 14.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.
Once again, North Carolina is moving on in the NCAA Tournament at the expense of Michigan State and Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo.
RJ Davis scored 20 points to help UNC beat the Spartans 85-69 on Saturday, pushing the Tar Heels to the Sweet 16 while keeping them unbeaten in March Madness against Izzo's teams in a series going back 26 years.
Harrison Ingram made five 3-pointers and scored 17 points for the West Region’s top seed, which continued its NCAA success in its home state. The Tar Heels improved to 5-0 in the tournament against Izzo, including victories in the 2005 Final Four and 2009 title game.
And they move on to the regional semifinals in Los Angeles, where they will face Alabama on Thursday night.
It started with answering the Spartans' game-opening punch that put the Tar Heels in a 12-point hole. The response - continuing coach Hubert Davis' season-long message - was a game-defining change. The Tar Heels erased the Spartans' lead and answered every push that followed.
UNC ran off 17 straight points during a 23-3 run over the last eight minutes of the first half. And that secured the program's largest comeback in March Madness since rallying from 16 down to beat Southern California in the 2007 Sweet 16.
Latest NCAA Tournament Results
| YEAR |
RESULT |
| 2022 |
Lost National Championship vs. (1) Kansas, 69–72 |
| 2021 |
Lost First Round vs. (9) Wisconsin, 62–85 |
| 2019 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (5) Auburn, 80–97 |
| 2018 |
Lost Second Round vs. (7) Texas A&M, 65–86 |
| 2017 |
Won National Championship vs. (1) Gonzaga, 71–65 |
2023-2024 NCAA Basketball Top Teams
Log into BookMaker Sportsbook and get the best Basketball Betting Odds, Basketball Betting Articles and information about this and all other sports betting events!
