North Carolina vs. Florida State College Basketball Preview, TV Schedule, Prediction

By Trevor Lowry
North Carolina Basketball
Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports

TV Schedule: Monday, Jan. 4, 7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN

Stadium: Donald L. Tucker Center

The North Carolina Tar Heels and Florida State Seminoles will take the court on Monday night. The winner will gain some serious bragging rights in the ACC … well, more so for the Seminoles than the Tar Heels.

North Carolina rocks a 13-2 record and is also ranked as high as No. 7. The Seminoles enter this ACC clash with a 10-3 record. Although the Tar Heels already have two losses, they are still serious ACC and national title contenders. After all, they are still filled with talent.

As for Florida State, it can continue to surprise a ton of people with a victory in this game.

North Carolina’s two losses — if you can believe it — have come against Northern Iowa and Texas. They do hold a monster victory over the Maryland Terrapins, though. Side note: Entering the 2015-16 college basketball season, Maryland and North Carolina were considered two of the best teams in the sport — and that has not changed.

Florida State’s losses have come against Hofstra, Iowa and Clemson. The Seminoles don’t have any signature wins, but they did knock off Florida and VCU.

To make a long story short, North Carolina, and every other team in the ACC, is going to struggle to contain Dwayne Bacon and Malik Beasley. Both players are averaging 17.2 points per game … and they are also freshmen.

However, and in terms of this contest, one must not forget that the Tar Heels are loaded with experience and talent, and they have five guys who are averaging 12+ points per game to prove it.

Living life on the wild side, let’s go with the upset — because Bacon & Co. can really be that good at times.

PREDICTION: Tar Heels 81, Seminoles 85

Trevor Lowry is a Content Associate at www.RantSports.com. If you’re a tweeter feel free to follow him @TheTrevorLowry, or “Like” him on Facebook.

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