College Basketball Opening Odds
(The Spread) -Four more conference tournament champions are left to be decided Sunday afternoon with a huge rivalry battling it out for the Atlantic Coast Conference crown.
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A pair of long-time rivals in Duke and North Carolina will square off for the ACC crown at 1:00PM EST. The Blue Devils are 29-4 and ranked fifth in the country, while the Tar Heels enter play with a mark of 25-6 and are sixth in the nation.
Oddsmakers and online sports book Sportsbook.com have made Duke 3-point favorites in the matchup. The two schools have not faced each other in the ACC Tournament final in 10 years despite one or the other being in the tournament final every season. Duke has won the last two meetings in the ACC Tournament final.
According to the latest trends, North Carolina is 3-3 against the spread versus Duke over the last three seasons. Five of the six games have gone under the total. Duke is 40-28 ATS as a favorite over the last two seasons.
The Tar Heels have not played especially well for the majority of their two games in the ACC Tournament, but have come from behind to defeat Miami at the buzzer and Clemson in overtime. Duke has taken the easier road as it has dominated in its wins over Maryland and Virginia Tech.
Harrison Barnes scored 40 points in the win over Clemson to lead North Carolina, while Duke’s Nolan Smith battled through a toe injury to score 27 in the victory over Virginia Tech.
In the SEC Tournament final, Kentucky plays Florida at 1:00PM EST. Kentucky is a 2-point favorite. The Atlantic 10 Tournament final is also at 1:00PM EST with Richmond and Dayton doing battle. Richmond is favored by four points. At 3:30PM EST, Penn State takes on top-ranked Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament final. Ohio State is a 10.5-point favorite.
Sunday’s College Basketball Opening Odds & Totals
883 Duke -3.5 (145.5)
884 North Carolina +3.5
885 Kentucky +1 (138)
886 Florida -1
887 Dayton +4 (126)
888 Richmond -4
889 Penn State +9.5 (126.5)
890 Ohio State -9.5
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