Wagner vs North Carolina Picks and Prediction – 3/21/2024

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The Wagner Seahawks will be in Charlotte, NC Thursday afternoon for a round one matchup against North Carolina in the NCAA tournament. Wagner has seventeen wins on the year following their victory against Howard Tuesday night in the 1st 4 match up. Offensively Wagner has been below average all season averaging just 63.5 points on 39.2% shooting from the floor. Defensively Wagner has played well all year holding opponents to 62.1 points per game resulting in their success up to this point. For other college basketball action see our College Basketball Picks.

Melvin Council Jr. has led the way this season for Wagner averaging 14.6 points and 5.7 rebounds. Tahron Allen chips in 10.8 points and Julian Brown adds in a third best 9.5 points per game. Javier Esquerra is averaging 7.1 points and adds a team leading 4.3 assists.

The North Carolina Tar Heels come into the big dance with 27 wins on the year as a number one seed in the West region following their loss to North Carolina State in the ACC tournament championship. Defensively North Carolina was outmatched as North Carolina State scored 84 points including 45 in the second half on 54.9% shooting from the floor. Offensively the Tar Heels were terrible scoring just76 points on 37.3% shooting from the floor. RJ Davis Led the way for North Carolina with 30 points on 26 shots.

RJ Davis leads the North Carolina offense this season averaging 21.4 points per game. Big man Armando Bacot averages 14.1 points and a team high 10.2 rebounds and Harrison Ingram chips in 12.1 points per game. Cormac Ryan is the 4th player on the roster averaging double digit scoring 11 point 2.3 game period Elliott Cadeau averages 7.6 points and a team high 4.2 assist.