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This special Thanksgiving Day matchday on November 24 the NCAA Basketball will have as one of its main attractions the clash between North Carolina vs Portland, two teams that have started the campaign in a very good way.
As expected, North Carolina has gone undefeated in its first four games of the season, something they will be looking forward to maintain against the Portland squad, which they will face for the second time in history and after achieving a 78-102 victory in 2017.
You can find the best North Carolina Tar Heels vs Portland Pilots game preview at JefeBet, where you can also find the most accurate odds and predictions for this match.
Predictions and Betting Preview for the Tar Heels vs Pilots College Basketball Game on November 24, 2022
- Where: Moda Center, Portland, Oregon.
- When: Thursday, November 24, 2022, 1:00 PM E.T.
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Betting on the North Carolina Tar Heels
The Tar Heels’ season has gotten off to a smooth start, as they have been very solid in these foirst few games, winning all four games they have played, three of which they finished with a lead of more than 10 points. During that stretch the team has also averaged 80.4 points scored and 66.7 points allowed.
North Carolina managed to stay in the fight for the top of a tight Atlantic Coast Conference, that has four teams still undefeated so far this campaign, thanks to a victory over James Madison, in which RJ Davies was the best player on offense with 21 points and 5 assists. However, it wasArmando Bacot who has led the team this campaign, averaging 18.2 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
Betting on Portland Pilots
Trying to stop North Carolina’s undefeated start of the season, will be a Pilots team that enters this game looking forward to get back to its best game after losing two of its last three games. Each of those defeats came by a difference of more than 10 points. Although it has a solid record, those setbacks have sent Portland to the bottom of a tough West Coast Conference.
The last defeat they suffered was against the Seattle Redhawks, a game in which they were leading in the first half, but that later, in the second half, had them being widely outplayed, and which they ended up losing by a score of 80-68. Tyler Roberson, who scored 22 points in the game against the Redhawks, has been the Pilots’ top performer so far in this campaign, averaging 17.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game.
JefeBet Prediction
The difference between one team and the other is not only reflected in their record, but also North Carolina is a team with a superior roster, and it is part of a conference of a very different level than the Portland Pilots, who, although they have had a decent start of the season, its victories have been achieved against very low level teams.
Despite their wins, the Tar Heels have not been as devastating as expected from a team of their level, which combined with their good defense, has caused them to cover the Under in three of their four games this campaign, something that has also happened in the Pilots’ last three games..
So, for this game between two teams that have been strong defensively and that tend to cover the Under, we think it will be a game dominated by North Carolina, but with a moderate amount of points.
Prediction: Under (Less than 152 points).
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