It’s the North Carolina Tar Heels vs Ole Miss in the March Madness bracket. Here’s our prediction for the 2025 NCAA Tournament basketball game.

Analyzing Thursday’s UNC-Wilmington vs. Texas Tech odds and lines, with college basketball expert picks, predictions and best bets.

For a few minutes, it looked like the Tar Heels were going to validate their critics. They committed turnovers on four of their first six possessions against a San Diego State defense ranked 13th in the country on KenPom. UNC's offense should have been good enough to hang with that unit, but it was a bad beginning.