The No. 17 North Carolina Tar Heels (6-1) and No. 18 Kentucky Wildcats (5-2) meet Tuesday at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Tip-off is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NCAA basketball odds around the North Carolina vs. Kentucky odds and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions for the best bets.

North Carolina leads the all-time series 25-18, with these blue bloods last meeting Dec. 16, 2023, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Kentucky won 87-83 as a 1-point underdog in that meeting as the Over (164) cashed. Kentucky has won 5 of the past 7 meetings since 2014, with the Wildcats also going 5-2 against the spread (ATS), including an NCAA Tournament meeting in 2017.

North Carolina was belted 74-58 by the Michigan State

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