Any time Duke and North Carolina go head-to-head, it’s must-see. On Friday, their women’s basketball programs will meet with a trip to the Elite Eight on the line when the No. 2 seeded Duke Blue Devils take on the No. 3 seeded North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2025 Women’s NCAA Tournament on Friday Birmingham 2 Region. North Carolina (29-7) and Duke (28-7) split their two matchups this season with the home team winning each time. North Carolina holds a slight edge in the all-time series (56-54) and the Tar Heels are 4-3 against the Blue Devils over the last three seasons.
Tipoff is 2:30 p.m. ET at Legacy Arena in Birmingham. The latest Duke vs. North Carolina odds list the Blue Devils as 5.5-point favorites, while the over/under is 124.5. Before making any North Carolina vs. Duke picks, be sure to see the 2025 Women’s NCAA Tournament picks from SportsLine experts Aaron Barzilai and Calvin Wetzel.
Barzilai is a Ph.D. from Stanford who served as Director of Basketball Analytics for the Philadelphia 76ers. Wetzel incorporates his mathematical background and strong knowledge of women’s hoops to turn the site’s prediction model into picks. They are 543-383 overall (+122.89 units) during the 2023-24 women’s college basketball…
