North Carolina vs. Kansas Betting Preview - NCAA Championship Game
The NCAA Basketball National Championship title is at stake on Monday April 4th in New Orleans as Kansas, a No. 1 seed, duels the upstart North Carolina Tar Heels in the March Madness NCAA men’s final. BetUS hosts TJ Rives, Jeff Nadu and Mid Major Matt preview this 9:20 pm ET game.
The latest odds have KU as a -4 favorite with around 10% of the books at -4.5 just shortly before 2 pm ET.
The Jayhawks have won 10 in a row and crushed Villanova in a national semifinal on Saturday. Kansas raced to a 10-0 lead and wasn’t threatened in route to its 33rd victory of the season against six losses.
North Carolina will seek its seventh national championship and 30th victory of 2021-22 after ousting rival Duke in the other national semifinal. Hubert Davis is in his first season as coach of the Tar Heels.
The Tar Heels’ first national championship in college hoops came against Kansas in 1957 when they downed a Wilt Chamberlain-led team in triple overtime.
- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com