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CBB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 12/15/2018Line$ LineOU LineScore
GONZAGA
 
N CAROLINA
+3  

-3  
+135

-155

175
 
90
Final
103

GONZAGA (9 - 1) at N CAROLINA (7 - 2)
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Saturday, 12/15/2018 7:00 PM
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633GONZAGA177176
634N CAROLINA-2.5-3
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
GONZAGA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games9-1+3.27-37-394.143.952.3%40.976.335.241.6%34.2
Road Games4-1+3.23-23-288.039.451.3%39.681.439.642.5%36.4
Last 5 Games4-1+2.23-23-289.642.851.3%38.878.835.243.0%35.2
GONZAGA Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)94.143.933-6352.3%9-2338.8%19-2574.7%411119176115
vs opponents surrendering73.735.326-6143.2%8-2333.5%14-2068.6%361013196143
Team Stats (Road Games)88.039.431-6151.3%9-2338.6%16-2467.8%401017196135
Stats Against (All Games)76.335.228-6741.6%8-2532.1%13-1872.3%341011205123
vs opponents averaging793828-6145.6%8-2434.5%15-2170.2%371015187134
Stats Against (Road Games)81.439.629-6842.5%10-2636.9%14-1974.7%361212205113

N CAROLINA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games7-2-4.53-46-293.345.849.0%45.673.735.841.2%32.2
Home Games4-001-23-199.049.551.6%48.568.730.736.5%33.0
Last 5 Games3-2-5.50-43-189.642.846.8%43.279.839.844.2%34.6
N CAROLINA Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)93.345.834-7049.0%8-2335.3%17-2372.8%461320198134
vs opponents surrendering71.633.426-6242.2%8-2333.1%12-1768.8%36913196133
Team Stats (Home Games)99.049.537-7151.6%7-2131.8%19-2573.5%4814241811145
Stats Against (All Games)73.735.825-6241.2%9-2632.8%14-2166.3%32912197164
vs opponents averaging75.336.327-6144.1%8-2433.9%14-2067.8%391014176144
Stats Against (Home Games)68.730.724-6536.5%7-2628.2%13-1971.1%3310121910203
Average power rating of opponents played: GONZAGA 81.5,  N CAROLINA 77.4
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
GONZAGA - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
11/6/2018IDAHO ST120-79W-30W153.5O41-7058.6%42732-7045.7%3015
11/10/2018TEXAS SOUTHERN104-67W-27.5W156O37-7152.1%521224-7034.3%3115
11/15/2018TEXAS A&M94-71W-17W159O32-6549.2%411127-6541.5%3914
11/19/2018*ILLINOIS84-78W-15.5L166U27-5152.9%442227-7038.6%3513
11/20/2018*ARIZONA91-74W-11W155.5O34-6453.1%361221-5141.2%3116
11/21/2018*DUKE89-87W8W168.5O34-6552.3%361131-7243.1%4410
11/26/2018N DAKOTA ST102-60W-26.5W154.5O37-5863.8%38823-6535.4%3012
12/1/2018@ CREIGHTON103-92W-6.5W167O35-6752.2%41836-7448.6%338
12/5/2018WASHINGTON81-79W-16L162U27-6342.9%38928-5947.5%309
12/9/2018*TENNESSEE73-76L-3.5L159.5U27-5945.8%411129-7240.3%397
12/15/2018@ N CAROLINA              
12/18/2018TX-ARLINGTON              
12/21/2018DENVER              
12/28/2018N ALABAMA              
12/31/2018CS-BAKERSFIELD              
1/5/2019SANTA CLARA              

N CAROLINA - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
11/6/2018@ WOFFORD78-67W-10.5W158.5U29-5949.2%351524-6338.1%279
11/9/2018@ ELON116-67W-17.5W151.5O45-8751.7%601121-5935.6%3119
11/12/2018STANFORD90-72W-18T158O35-7149.3%451227-6740.3%3515
11/16/2018TENNESSEE TECH108-58W-36W157.5O41-7455.4%541323-6435.9%2422
11/19/2018ST FRANCIS-PA101-76W-27L157.5O34-6552.3%461823-6734.3%3717
11/22/2018*TEXAS89-92L-9L155O31-7044.3%411731-5952.5%3214
11/23/2018*UCLA94-78W - -31-6448.4%37626-5944.1%3713
11/28/2018@ MICHIGAN67-84L3.5L147O26-6639.4%431031-5457.4%317
12/5/2018UNC-WILMINGTON97-69W-28.5L170.5U37-7549.3%491522-6235.5%3625
12/15/2018GONZAGA              
12/22/2018*KENTUCKY              
12/29/2018DAVIDSON              
1/2/2019HARVARD              
1/5/2019@ PITTSBURGH              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
GONZAGA: Last season: 32-5, reached the Sweet Sixteen for fourth consecutive season
Nickname: Bulldogs
Coach: Mark Few
Conference: West Coast
Who's gone: Forward Johnathan Williams, guard Silas Melson.
Who's back: NBA hopefuls Rui Hachimura and Killian Tillie, starting guard Josh Perkins (12.3 points) and late season hero Zach Norvell Jr. (12.7 points). Hachimura came off the bench last year, but his raw athleticism excited pro scouts. Jeremy Jones and Corey Kispert also return.
Who's new: Brandon Clarke becomes eligible after transferring from San Jose State, where he averaged 17.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game as a sophomore. "He's easily the most athletic guy I have ever played with," Perkins said. Graduate transfer Geno Crandall is coming from North Dakota, where he averaged 16.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game last year.
The Skinny: The Zags' No. 3 ranking in the AP preseason poll is the highest in their history, and this team on paper has a chance to reach the national title game.
Expectations: Las Vegas odds-makers have the Zags at 15-2 odds to win the NCAA Tournament, trailing only Duke and Kentucky. They are expected to win the West Coast Conference.
N CAROLINA: Last season: 26-11, reached second round of NCAA Tournament.
Nickname: Tar Heels.
Coach: Roy Williams.
Conference: Atlantic Coast.
Who's gone: The program has lost mainstays from its 2017 national championship winner in point guard Joel Berry II ' a former Final Four most outstanding player ' and swingman Theo Pinson.
Who's back: Forward Luke Maye followed his last-second shot to beat Kentucky in the 2017 NCAA Elite Eight with a star-turning junior season, averaging 16.9 points and 10.1 points to be an Associated Press third-team All-American. He's now a preseason AP All-American and picked as ACC player of the year. Starters Cameron Johnson (12.4 points) and Kenny Williams (11.4) are back on the perimeter, which also has junior point guard Seventh Woods competing to take Berry's job. There's also a rotation of serviceable big men, led by sophomores Garrison Brooks and Sterling Manley.
Who's new: The Tar Heels have their best recruiting class in years, perhaps not coincidentally as they emerge from years of uncertainty due to a now-resolved NCAA academic case. Wing Nassir Little is the kind of five-star McDonald's All-American and possible one-and-done talent that shunned the Tar Heels in recent years. There's another McDonald's All-American in Coby White, an top-25 national recruit who will compete to be the new point guard after setting a North Carolina state scoring record with more than 3,500 points in high school. And the 6-foot-7 Rechon "Leaky" Black brings size and versatility to the perimeter.
The Skinny: There's no questioning talent and scoring potential on a team with Maye, Johnson and Williams joined by the touted rookie class. There are two main questions here: the Tar Heels need White or Woods to play well at the point with Berry gone, and that revolving door of big men needs to provide some interior toughness that was lacking at times as UNC leaned heavily on a small-ball lineup last year. If the eighth-ranked Tar Heels resolve both issues, this is a Final Four contender.
Expectations: Las Vegas oddsmakers have UNC at 10-to-1 to win it all, tied with Villanova for the fifth-best odds nationally.
PREVIEW
No. 12 North Carolina hosts No. 4 Gonzaga
 

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolina rarely plays a nonconference game at home as an underdog, but that seems like the case for Saturday night's outing at the Smith Center.

Fourth-ranked Gonzaga (9-1) arrives to challenge No. 12 North Carolina (7-2) in a rematch of the 2017 national championship game.

"I do like playing really big games," Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said Friday.

He also recognizes the task that his team will face against a team that has spent time with a No. 1 national ranking this season.

"Very difficult for us as a staff to prepare for," Williams said. "They remind me of some of our really, really good teams.

"They can score inside. They can score outside. They can score in the halfcourt. They can push the ball. ... They really do create a lot of problems for you."

For Gonzaga, it's another chance to collide with a traditional power.

Coach Mark Few of the Bulldogs said playing North Carolina is something he cherishes, and he expects it to be a memorable experience for his team.

"We've modeled a lot of our program after Carolina," Few said. "It's classy. It's done the right way, so it just shows you volumes about (Williams). It's a pretty cool thing that, I don't want to say replaying the national-championship game, but revisiting it. ... It will be good."

Gonzaga surged in the opening weeks of the season. The Bulldogs knocked off then-No. 1 Duke in the Maui Invitational final.

Gonzaga is coming off its lone loss, falling Sunday to now-No. 3 Tennessee. That setback cost the Bulldogs their No. 1 national ranking.

"They've had some big wins," North Carolina guard Cameron Johnson said. "They've had some close games recently. ... They are a veteran team and that makes it a little bit more difficult."

Gonzaga guard Josh Perkins leads the country with 84 total assists.

"I think Perkins is really playing at a high level," Williams said.

Williams said he's impressed with Gonzaga's depth of main contributors.

"They have guys coming off the bench who really help them," he said.

For the Tar Heels, discouraging moments on defense have been most alarming across the first month of the season.

"We're still trying to figure how to play defense with this team," Williams said. "They have to figure out their priorities. You have to have (good) habits. I think we're going to get better. If you look at it, most of our teams have gotten better defensively."

Those were glaring issues in losses to Texas and Michigan.

"The last time we went out against a top-five team, we didn't perform like we wanted to," Johnson said, referring to an 84-67, late-November loss against Michigan, which was No. 7 at the time but is No. 5 this week. "What we can do on the court is a get a little bit of that bad taste out of our month. We saw things that we can fix."

Williams said games like this one against Gonzaga serve a purpose in the team's development.

"Find out a lot about your team early," Williams said.

Few said his background was influenced by studying Williams-coached teams.

"We ran Roy's break and all of Roy's action," Few said.

North Carolina freshman point guard Coby White, who averages 15.3 points and 3.6 assists per game, should be back in action after missing Wednesday's win over UNC Wilmington with an ankle injury.


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