North Carolina at Duke

This game gets annual hype, and this year is no different, as the Tar Heels and Devils are once again in a fight for the ACC Title. It's a battle of offense vs defense as the Devils have not allowed a single team all season to score more than 79 points on their home floor and nine opponents have not gotten out of the 50s. Carolina has scored 80+ in every road game so what gives here, the offense or the defense? The answer is the venue. The last six years these teams have played to a higher total points scored when played at North Carolina where they have averaged 161ppg, but when played at Duke they have averaged 144.8ppg. Carolina, with the same team, came to Duke last year and scored 76 after averaging 89 in their previous five ACC games. The home team usually controls the tempo, as seen from the history here, and Duke has played 18-5 to the under in their last 23 home games. This one stays UNDER.