2016 Final Four is Set and Ready for Saturday: Latest Betting Preview
It has been another heart stopping, and breath taking March Madness tournament, and now only the top Final Four teams in the country remain, with those teams being Villanova, Oklahoma, Syracuse and North Carolina. The Final Four will tip off at NRG Stadium on Saturday evening in Houston Texas, which is also the home of the Houston Texans. Price per head sportsbooks already have the game lines available to bet, along with a slew of game props.
The first game will tip off at 6:09 eastern, with the Villanova Wildcats taking on the Oklahoma Sooners. Both teams held the number 2 seed from their respective Regions, and they both were underdogs in their Elite 8 match-up. This is poised to be one of the best games of the entire tournament, with two superstars squaring off in Oklahoma's Buddy Hield, against Villanova's Josh Hart. The have both been fantastic this season, and tournament, and are receiving a lot of help from each of their supporting casts.
In addition each of these teams held the number 1 ranking in NCAA Division Basketball this season, so there should be no surprise that these two teams are still very much alive to win the illustrious Championship. At the moment the best sportsbooks in the world have Villanova as the small -2.5 point favorite and the total at 146, with that action coming in very close to split, with just slightly more on Villanova.
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The second game of the evening will tip off at 8:45pm, and will feature the cardiac kids from Syracuse and the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Orange have been led by Michael Gbinije and Freshman sensation Malachi Richardson. They just completed two last minute comebacks against both Gonzaga and Virginia, two heavily favored teams that were leading the entire game. The Orange are once again going to be an underdog, against the heavily favored Tar Heels, who have been cruising their way through the bracket with double digit victories in each of their four games, with their closest game being a 14 point victory over Notre Dame in the Elite 8. North Carolina is stacked with talent, and led by their two stud seniors of Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige.
These two teams have already met twice this season, with the Tar Heels winning both games, however the last meeting on March 1st was a tight 5 point game. At the moment the odds makers have North Carolina as a -9.5 point favorite and the total at 145, however anyone that is thinking that this is going to be another walk in the park should think twice, because the Orange are not going to lay down for anyone. It should be another terrific ending in an already spectacular Tournament.
