North Carolina vs. Tennessee: Top 20 Teams Set to Battle
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00:02 What a matchup we have tonight inside the Dean Dome.
00:06 Two top 20 teams facing off.
00:09 North Carolina, a slight one and a half point favorite at this moment, Donnie.
00:14 The over under 143 and a half.
00:16 Now, the Vols enter this game after two consecutive losses in Maui,
00:22 against both Purdue and Gonzaga.
00:25 And the Volunteers were booked, Donnie, as an underdog in both of those games.
00:30 Or not Gonzaga, excuse me, Kansas,
00:32 is who Tennessee played in their game after falling to Purdue.
00:36 They were booked, though, as an underdog, Donnie.
00:38 Only three and a half points against Purdue, a point and a half against KU.
00:42 They lost both games by single digits, a combined margin of only 13 points.
00:47 But against the best teams in the country, as an underdog,
00:51 the Volunteers, 0 and 2 against the number.
00:54 It's a very short number tonight, DRS, in Chapel Hill.
00:58 What do you expect?
00:58 >> Yeah, if we're taking, again, it's real early, and
01:02 this is gonna get really fun.
01:03 Like college basketball talk post, let's just say, December 31st,
01:06 when they start to get in the conference play,
01:08 like competition versus like competitions.
01:10 These numbers will come into focus.
01:12 But if we're being honest, like Tennessee,
01:13 what's the one thing we knew about them in the past, man?
01:15 They play really good defense.
01:17 Even though they have losses, there's no exception here.
01:19 You take a look at their adjusted defensive efficiency,
01:21 number one in the nation here.
01:23 You take a look at the offense here for UNC, 11th in the country in adjusted
01:27 efficiency, that's gonna be a fun thing to play off of.
01:29 But also, just because you're playing really good defense doesn't equate to
01:32 buckets on the opposite end, or even getting run outs there.
01:35 Because you're looking at Tennessee, how about this?
01:37 283rd in the country with only a 46% rate here of making shots inside the arc.
01:42 That includes layups, in the paint, and what have you.
01:45 So we're taking a look, once again, Tennessee a little bit offensively
01:48 challenged, but devastatingly good on defense,
01:50 which leads me to believe in this game.
01:51 Sure, UNC has a very efficient offense.
01:53 Maybe it's not at the caliber of the Tennessee teams that they have played
01:56 here at this point, so I would look towards an under in this area.
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