North Carolina and Ohio State Meet in CBS Sports Classic

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The fans at Smoothie King Center will see the Ohio State Buckeyes and the 5th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels battle on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic. Tip-off is at 1:30 pm EST and CBS Sports will have the telecast.

This will be the 3,000th game in North Carolina program history. They are a stellar 2,216-783 all-time record.

Oddsmakers opened the Tar Heels as -6.5-point favorites versus the Buckeyes, while the game's total opened at 158. The line is UNC -7.5 and the total has dropped to 154.

Last time out for North Carolina, they were a 79-75 loser as they battled the Wofford Terriers at home. They failed to cover in the match as a -25-point favorite.

The Tar Heels were off their game offensively against Wofford. They also had trouble defensively inside. UNC coach Roy Williams will want to fix their problems in the final non-conference game on their schedule.

North Carolina hasn't dropped consecutive games since February 2016.

North Carolina had transfer Cameron Johnson playing for the first time in the Wofford game. He scored 10 points as a reserve after coming off knee surgery.

Center Micah Potter is working his way back into the rotation. He has missed time with an ankle injury. He started four games earlier this season.

In the loss to Wofford, UNC shot a season-high 38 free throws. The team made 28 of them.

UNC leads the series with Ohio State by an 11-2 record. Williams is 4-0. The Tar Heels have won the last six matchups.

Ohio State has had a Tough Schedule So Far

Ohio State was a 94-65 winner in their most recent outing at home against the Citadel Bulldogs. They failed to cover the -31.5-point spread as favorites.

Ohio State was unranked two years ago when it defeated No. 4 Kentucky in the CBS Sports Classic.

The Buckeyes will have played both teams that were in the 2017 national championship game after today. They lost in November to Gonzaga. The score was 86-59 in the PK80 Invitational in Portland, Ore.

Ohio State last played both title game combatants from the previous season in 1993-94. That year they lost to North Carolina and fell twice to Michigan.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Ohio State	10-3	5-6	79.46	67.08	12.38	3-4	1-0	2-9	1-6	1-0
North Carolina	10-2	7-4	86.17	71.92	14.25	4-1	2-0	6-4-1	4-0-1	1-1

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
OHIOS	15.62	13.62	1.15
UNC	18.25	13.33	1.37

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
OHIOS	10.46	27.46	37.92
UNC	13.00	31.17	44.17

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
OHIOS	49.54	41.49	8.05
UNC	48.07	40.16	7.91

Team Records

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	10-3	9-2	1-1	5-6	4-5	1-1	79.46	67.08	12.38
Last 10	7-3	6-2	1-1	5-5	4-4	1-1	77.40	67.20	10.20
vs Conf	2-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	77.00	60.00	17.00

North Carolina Tar Heels

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	10-2	6-1	4-1	7-4	4-2	3-2	86.17	71.92	14.25
Last 10	8-2	4-1	4-1	6-4	3-2	3-2	85.50	71.30	14.20
vs Conf	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00

CBS Sports Classic Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	79.46	77	71.92	150
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	86.17	19	67.08	74

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Ohio State	0-4	0-4	3-1	72.75	33.75	38.95	35.00	39/109	6.50
North Carolina	4-0	4-0	3-1	80.75	38.50	45.85	44.50	23/64	6.25

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Dec 20, 2014	OHIOS	74	UNC	82	-1	UNC	145	O	UNC	UNC	OHIOS	31	43	34.7	44.6	40	53	10/29	3/13	6	5
Nov 19, 2009	UNC	77	OHIOS	73	1.5	UNC	147	O	UNC	OHIOS	UNC	38	24	49.1	43.3	33	37	7/15	6/21	8	8
Nov 28, 2007	UNC	66	OHIOS	55	5.5	UNC	149	U	UNC	UNC	OHIOS	29	32	38	27.1	54	38	5/18	10/33	2	7
Nov 29, 2006	OHIOS	89	UNC	98	-7.5	UNC	158	O	UNC	UNC	OHIOS	48	44	52.3	53.1	25	38	13/26	8/18	5	10

CBS Sports Classic Betting Odds Trends

Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Ohio State's last 11 games

North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
North Carolina is 16-2 SU in its last 18 games

Team Last 5 Games

Ohio State Buckeyes

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 19, 2017	CITDL	94-65	W	-31.5	176.5	L/U	50.00	77.78	13	H
Dec 16, 2017	APPST	80-67	W	-16	153	L/U	52.63	73.91	3	H
Dec 9, 2017	W&M	97-62	W	-17.5	160	W/U	64.81	69.57	11	H
Dec 4, 2017	MICH	71-62	W	-2	134.5	W/U	48.89	75.86	5	H
Dec 2, 2017	WISCN	83-58	W	8.5	134.5	W/O	65.96	73.68	7	A

North Carolina Tar Heels

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 20, 2017	WOFFD	75-79	L	-25	154	L/P	36.36	73.68	7	H
Dec 17, 2017	TENN	78-73	W	0	155.5	W/U	43.28	73.68	6	A
Dec 6, 2017	W.CAR	104-61	W	-32	154.5	W/O	56.92	66.67	16	H
Dec 3, 2017	TULAN	97-73	W	-20	159	W/O	65.52	55.17	5	H
Dec 1, 2017	DAVID	85-75	W	-11	160.5	L/U	47.06	69.57	5	A

Next up:
Ohio State home to Miami-Ohio Saturday, December 30
North Carolina home to Wake Forest Saturday, December 30

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