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NCAA Basketball Tuesday’s Betting Preview and Odds for ACC First Round Matchups

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This season’s ACC Tournament gets underway in Greensboro on Tuesday with opening round action featuring the bottom four seeds in the regular season standings.

The No. 13 Pittsburgh Panthers will square off against the No. 12 Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the early game followed by a matchup between the No. 14 North Carolina Tar Heels and the No. 11 Virginia Tech Hokies.

ACC Tournament Round One Matchup
Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
TV-Time: ACC Network, 4:30 p.m. ET
Venue: Greensboro Coliseum
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina

Opening Odds: Wake Forest -1, Total 139

Betting Matchup

Pitt dropped down into the opening round at 6-14 in ACC play with a straight-up seven-game losing streak to close out the regular season. This extended slide complemented a 1-6 record against the spread. The total has stayed UNDER or ended as a PUSH in four of the seven games. The Panthers are 15-16 SU this season with a 13-18 record ATS.

Their scoring average stands at 58.7 points per game during the current losing streak to lower the season total to 64.9 points a game.

Danny Manning and his Wake Forest squad are listed as a 100/1 betting choice to win the ACC Tournament.
Danny Manning and his Wake Forest squad are listed as a 100/1 betting choice to win the ACC Tournament. (AP)
The Demon Deacons (13-17 SU, 16-14 ATS) are also 6-14 in conference play after posting a 2-4 record (SU and ATS) over their last six contests. The total went OVER in five of the six games. They did beat Pitt 69-65 on the road in early January as six-point underdogs. They closed out the regular season with back-to-back road losses to in-state rivals North Carolina and NC State by a combined 30 points as eight-point underdogs in each contest.

Wake Forest is averaging 73.5 PPG with three players scoring at least 12 points a game.

Betting Trends

-- The Panthers are 3-17 ATS in their last 20 games played in March and the total has gone OVER in six of their last seven Tuesday games.

-- The Demon Deacons have yet to win a game SU in their last 10 games played in the month of March. They have also lost five of their last seven games SU played on a Tuesday.

-- Pitt has a slight 5-3 SU edge in its last eight games against Wake Forest with the series tied an even 4-4 ATS. The total has stayed UNDER or ended as a PUSH in five of the eight games.

ACC Tournament Odds and Predictions

ACC Tournament Round One Matchup
North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Virginia Tech Hokies

Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
TV-Time: ACC Network, 7:00 p.m. ET
Venue: Greensboro Coliseum
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina

Opening Odds: North Carolina -3.5, Total 142

Betting Matchup

In a season to quickly forget, the Tar Heels earned the bottom seed on a few tiebreakers while winning just six of 20 ACC games. They are 13-18 overall both SU and ATS. The annual season finale against Duke went as planned with an 89-76 road loss as 10 ½-point underdogs. The also lost to Virginia Tech on the road in late January 79-77 while covering as 7 ½-point underdogs.

The lone bright spot for bettors was a 4-2 record ATS in their last six games with the total going OVER in the last four outings. One big issue all season long was a scoring average of 72.6 PPG battling a points-allowed average of 73.1.

The Hokies have the dubious distinction of having the best SU conference record (7-13) in the opening round. Overall, they are 16-15 SU with a 12-19 record ATS. Virginia Tech has just two SU wins over their last 12 outings with a even worse ATS record (2-12) dating back to Jan. 18. The total has stayed UNDER in their last four games.

The Hokies have failed to score more than 56 points in three of those final four contests while averaging 69.0 PPG on the year. They gave up an average of 66.1 points a game on defense.

Betting Trends

-- The Tar Heels do have a SU record of 14-6 in their last 20 games in March and they have won nine of their last 10 games SU played on a Tuesday.

-- The Hokies are 1-5 ATS over their last six games with the total staying UNDER in seven of their last eight games in March games. The total has gone OVER in seven of 10 previous Tuesday games.

-- Even with this year’s loss, North Carolina has a SU 8-2 record in its last 10 games against Virginia Tech and it is 3-1 ATS in the last four. The total has stayed UNDER in seven of those last 10 meetings.

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