With the college basketball sports betting season right around the corner, there is little speculation about which two teams are the best in the nation heading in to a new year. While the Kentucky Wildcats are expected to remain in contention for that No. 1 spot all year, the North Carolina Tar Heels are ready to make the jump ahead of the Duke Blue Devils in the ACC. John Calipari and Roy Williams have each landed top recruits with several star players staying on from last year’s squad, and it makes for an interesting debate about who is the better team heading in to the season.

The fishing games comparing these two teams begin and end with the big men, as Tyler Zeller and Harrison Barnes represent the difference. Zeller and Barnes helped lead the Tar Heels to a big win over Duke a year ago, and while they couldn’t do it again for the ACC title, they have already shown how capable they are. The Wildcats have concerns at center where Anthony Davis is expected to start as one of the most uncertain freshman of the class despite being ranked No. 1 overall, and Michael Gilchrist is also raw coming in from high school. Both teams have decent back courts that have the potential to both put up points and move the ball around, but it is up front where experience separates North Carolina as the better team of the top two heading in to this online casino season.