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The line on the NC State vs. UNC game Saturday was coming in at Tar Heels -15 across the board.
NC State comes into this game with a 10-7 record Straight Up but only 6-8 Against The Spread. North Carolina has only two losses on the season but is 8-8-1 ATS.
UNC has won four of the last five in this series, losing their last meeting. The last three games of this series have all been close. The Tar Heels have failed to cover using the current number in any of the last eight meetings.
North Carolina (15-2, 4-0) hasn't started this well in the conference since winning its first 11 in 2000-01, three years before Williams took over. The Tar Heels rank second in the nation in points per game at 87.5 and seventh in field-goal percentage at 50.2.
They've shot at least 50 percent in five straight, including last Saturday's 84-73 win at Syracuse.
''It means we're 4-0 this year with this year's team. That's what it means,'' Williams said. ''All that other stuff is nice. The players noticed it. They said something about it in the locker room. I didn't realize it."
- Mary Montgomery, Gambling911.com
