Two middle of the pack ACC teams face as North Carolina faces Virginia Tech. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a North Carolina-Virginia Tech prediction and pick. North Carolina is 19-11 on the year,
Virginia Tech played without forward Tobi Lawal (team-high 12.5 ppg, team-best 6.9 rpg), who missed his second straight game. He missed last weekend's win over Syracuse because of an illness but missed Tuesday's game because of a nagging lower-body injury. He is expected to play Saturday.
UNC set season highs in both made three-pointers and assists in a dominant 91-59 win at Virginia Tech Tuesday night.
Ven-Allen Lubin collected his first double-double as a Tar Heel and Ian Jackson hit five of North Carolina's season-high 15 3-pointers while scoring 19 points in a 91-59 victory over Virginia Tech on Tuesday night.
Virginia Tech plays the North Carolina Tar Heels after Jaydon Young scored 26 points in Virginia Tech's 101-95 overtime victory over the Syracuse Orange.
Carys Baker and Rose Micheaux each scored 17 points for Virginia Tech, Carleigh Wenzel had 16, and Mackenzie Nelson scored a career-high-tying 14. The Hokies got the eighth seed and will face ninth-seeded Georgia Tech at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.