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The line on the UNC-Kansas game should be Jayhawks -5 according to Gambling911.com. It opened at Jayhawks -3.5.
North Carolina easily beat those pesky Peacocks, the first 15-seed to make it to the Elite Eight.
No. 8 seed Carolina (28-9) made its record 21st Final Four playing arch rival Duke in the Final Four for the very first time.
Armando Bacot was named the region’s Most Outstanding Player. His 22 rebounds matched a career high, and also a Carolina tournament record held by Tyler Zeller against Ohio in 2012. Over the two games, Bacot had 34 points and 37 rebounds.
They ultimately beat Duke 81-77 Saturday night to advance to the Championship.
Bill Self and his Kansas Jayhawks headed to the Final Four to face off against Villanova and crushed the Wildcats.
Both Ochai Agbaji and David McCormack had either outscored or matched Villanova's 11 points by the 9:28 mark of the first half, with Agbaji scoring 12 of his 21 points to that point and McCormack scoring 11 of his 25.
The Jayhawks (33-6) crushed the ‘Cats' hopes with an avalanche of 3-pointers and David McCormack's inside power game to earn a spot in Monday night's championship game against Duke or North Carolina.
The win was 81-65.
- Mary Montgomery, Gambling911.com
