North Carolina vs. Kansas Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Nov. 7

The No. 25 North Carolina Tar Heels (1-0) square off against the No. 19 Kansas Jayhawks (1-0) as just 1.5-point favorites on Friday, November 7, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. The point total is 157.5 for the matchup.

North Carolina is coming off of a 94-54 victory against Central Arkansas in its last game on Monday. In North Carolina's win, Caleb Wilson led the way with a team-high 22 points (adding four rebounds and three assists). Kansas enters this game following a 94-51 victory against Green Bay on Monday. Flory Bidunga scored a team-best 23 points for Kansas in the win.

North Carolina vs. Kansas Odds and Game Time

• When: Friday, November 7, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET
• Where: Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Spread favorite: North Carolina -1.5
• Moneyline favorite: North Carolina -117
• Moneyline underdog: Kansas -103
• Over/Under: 157.5 points

How to watch North Carolina vs. Kansas

• TV Channel: ESPN
• Live Stream: Fubo
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Betting the Over/Under: North Carolina vs. Kansas

• North Carolina and its opponent combined to score over 157.5 points, the current matchup's over/under, in 15 of 37 games last season.
• Last year, eight of Kansas' 34 games had a combined total of more than 157.5 points scored.
• These two teams averaged a combined 156.8 points per game a season ago, 0.7 fewer points than the over/under of 157.5 set for this matchup.
• Opponents of these two teams averaged a combined 144.3 points per game last season, 13.2 fewer than the over/under for this matchup.
• North Carolina's average point total in matchups last year was 155.4, 2.1 points less than the total in this game.
• The average over/under in Kansas' games in 2024 was 11.9 fewer points than the point total of 157.5 for this game.

Betting the Spread: North Carolina vs. Kansas

• North Carolina put together a 16-21-0 ATS record last year.
• When playing as at least 1.5-point favorites last season, the Tar Heels had an ATS record of 13-14.
• Kansas won 15 games against the spread last season, while failing to cover 19 times.
• The Jayhawks covered the spread twice when an underdog by 1.5 points or more last year (in six opportunities).
• North Carolina was 7-8 against the spread, and 12-3 overall, at home last year.
• North Carolina was 7-7 ATS as a 1.5-point favorite or greater at home last season.
• Kansas was 4-8 overall, and 5-7 against the spread, away from home last season.
• Last year Kansas went 3-4 ATS as a 1.5-point underdog or more away from home.

Betting the Moneyline: North Carolina vs. Kansas

• North Carolina finished 22-5 in games it was favored on the moneyline last season (winning 81.5% of those games).
• In games they played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -117 or shorter, the Tar Heels had a 22-4 record (winning 84.6% of their games).
• North Carolina has an implied moneyline win probability of 53.9% in this game.
• Kansas won one of the six games it played as underdogs last season.
• The Jayhawks were 1-5 last season when entering a game as an underdog by -103 or more on the moneyline.
• Kansas has a 50.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.