The No. 1 seed Kansas Jayhawks (33-6) and the No. 8 seed North Carolina Tar Heels (29-9) play in the NCAA Tournament National Championship on Monday at Caesars Superdome, beginning at 9:20 PM. Kansas is a 4-point favorite in the contest, which airs on TBS.
Kansas is 21-21-0 against the spread this season compared to North Carolina’s 23-16-1 ATS record. In terms of hitting the over, games involving the Jayhawks are 20-18-3 and the Tar Heels are 23-17-0. The teams average 156.5 points per game, three more points than this matchup’s total. Kansas is 6-4-0 against the spread and 10-0 overall over its past 10 contests, while North Carolina has gone 9-1-0 against the spread and 9-1 overall.
Get ready for this matchup with what you need to know about Monday’s college basketball action.
North Carolina at Kansas odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Kansas -4
- Total: 153.5
- Moneyline: Kansas -182, North Carolina +145
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North Carolina at Kansas odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Kansas 78, North Carolina 69
Moneyline
- The Jayhawks have compiled a 35-5 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 87.5% of those games).
- When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -182 or shorter, Kansas has gone 30-4 (88.2%).
- The Jayhawks have an implied moneyline win probability of 64.5% in this matchup.
- The Tar Heels have entered the game as underdogs 12 times this season and won seven, or 58.3%, of those games.
- North Carolina is 5-1 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +145 or more on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by the Tar Heels based on the moneyline is 40.8%.
Against the spread
- The Jayhawks average 78.4 points per game, 7.1 more points than the 71.3 the Tar Heels give up.
- Kansas has a 10-9 record against the spread and an 18-2 record overall when scoring more than 71.3 points.
- North Carolina has an 11-7-1 record against the spread and a 17-2 record overall when allowing fewer than 78.4 points.
- The Tar Heels average 10.9 more points per game (78.1) than the Jayhawks give up (67.2).
- North Carolina has put together a 14-10-1 ATS record and a 21-5 overall record in games it scores more than 67.2 points.
- Kansas’ record is 12-12 against the spread and 22-3 overall when it allows fewer than 78.1 points.
- The Jayhawks have scored a total of 436 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 11.2 per game), and the Tar Heels have out-scored opponents by 261 points on the season (6.8 more per game).
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Over/Under
- The Jayhawks have an average implied point total equal to their implied total in Monday’s game (79).
- This season, Kansas has put up more than 79 points in 16 games.
- The 77.7-point average implied total on the season for the Tar Heels is 2.7 more points than the team’s 75-point implied total in this matchup.
- This season, North Carolina has scored more than 75 points 21 times.
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How to watch Kansas vs. North Carolina
- Game Day: Monday, April 4, 2022
- Game Time: 9:20 PM ET
- Live Stream: Hulu
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