North Carolina forward Armando Bacot will likely need a big performance for the Tar Heels to pull off the upset against their bitter rivals, the Duke Blue Devils, on Saturday night. OddsShopper models have identified one Armando Bacot player prop for bettors to target for the UNC-Duke game.
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Armando Bacot Player Prop For UNC-Duke
Armando Bacot O/U 17.5 Points
Per OddsShopper, the Armando Bacot player prop that carries the most value is his points prop. Bettors should back the over, which costs -106 at FanDuel Sportsbook. The models give Bacot a 57% chance of hitting the over, better than the implied odds of 51.5%. It offers the best ROI of any Armando Bacot player prop on the board for UNC-Duke.
Bacot is averaging 17.7 points per game and has scored over 17.5 points in three of his past four games. However, he only managed to score 15 points in the 65-64 loss to Pitt on Wednesday night. He’s looking to make the most of his final trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium and expects the “Cameron Crazies” to be a little extra loud for the rivalry matchup.
“It’s one of those games you can’t really prepare for it. You get in there and you’ve got to just figure it out… It’s one of the best venues in sports. It’s obviously a small arena, and it gets really loud. So it’s a lot of fun playing there,” Bacot said, per 247 Sports.
Duke (16-6) and North Carolina (15-7) have been up and down through conference play thus far. They currently find themselves in the middle of the pack in the ACC. The two teams are looking to build momentum from winning the highly-anticipated rivalry game.
“I never really dreamt of being the head coach in this game. It’s not something you can even think about. So, it’s a privilege and an honor, but honestly, the preparation will be like every other game,” Duke head coach Jon Scheyer said before the game, per ESPN.
Scheyer will hope he can limit the UNC offense on Saturday night, but you can expect to see Armando Bacot put up a strong performance regardless of who wins tonight’s UNC-Duke game.
Best UNC Duke Player Prop: Armando Bacot Over 17.5 Points (-106) at FanDuel
