Maryland-North Carolina Pointspread Pointers

The Maryland Terrapins and the North Carolina Tar Heels will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Dean Smith Center.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Tar Heels listed as 19-point favorites versus the Terrapins, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

Greivis Vasquez tossed in 22 points to help Maryland defeat Wake Forest 71-64 on Tuesday. Maryland failed to cover the 8-point spread, and the 135 points were UNDER the posted total of 141.

Bambale Osby had 16 points for Maryland, while Landon Milbourne added 11 in the win.

Tyler Hansbrough scored 27 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lift North Carolina over Georgia Tech 83-82 on Wednesday night.

North Carolina failed to cover as 11-point road favorites as the game played just over the 164.5-point total listed by sportsbooks.

Current streak:
North Carolina has won 18 straight games.

Team records:
Maryland: 11-7 SU, 4-9 ATS
North Carolina: 18-0 SU, 12-3 ATS

Maryland most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Duke are 5-5
After playing Wake Forest are 7-3
After a win are 6-4

North Carolina most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 8-2
Before playing Miami are 5-3
After playing Georgia Tech are 6-4
After a win are 10-0

A few trends to consider:
Maryland is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Maryland's last 8 games on the road
Maryland is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Maryland's last 9 games when playing North Carolina
North Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
North Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
North Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Maryland
North Carolina is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Maryland

Next up:
Maryland home to Duke, Sunday, January 27
North Carolina at Miami, Wednesday, January 23

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