The Kansas Jayhawks (32-6) and Villanova Wildcats (30-7) will square off on Saturday for a spot in the NCAA Tournament National Championship game. Kansas is a 4-point favorite to win this Final Four matchup, which tips off at 6:09 PM at Caesars Superdome (airing on TBS).
Kansas is 20-21-0 against the spread this season compared to Villanova’s 22-16-2 ATS record. A total of 19 out of the Jayhawks’ 41 games this season have hit the over, and 17 of the Wildcats’ 40 games have gone over. The two teams score an average of 150.2 points per game, 17.7 more points than this matchup’s total. Kansas is 6-4-0 against the spread and 10-0 overall in its last 10 games, while Villanova has gone 8-2-0 against the spread and 10-0 overall.
Here is everything you need to prepare for Saturday’s college hoops action.
Villanova at Kansas odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Kansas -4
- Total: 132.5
- Moneyline: Kansas -191, Villanova +160
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Villanova at Kansas odds, spread, & more
Moneyline
- The Jayhawks have won 87.2% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (34-5).
- When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -191 or shorter, Kansas has a record of 29-4 (87.9%).
- The Jayhawks have an implied moneyline win probability of 65.6% in this contest.
- The Wildcats have been underdogs in six games this season and won two (33.3%) of those contests.
- Villanova has played as an underdog of +160 or more once this season and lost that game.
- The implied probability of a win by the Wildcats based on the moneyline is 38.5%.
Against the spread
- The 78.3 points per game the Jayhawks score are 16.1 more points than the Wildcats allow (62.2).
- Kansas is 13-15 against the spread and 24-5 overall when scoring more than 62.2 points.
- Villanova has a 13-8-2 record against the spread and a 21-3 record overall when allowing fewer than 78.3 points.
- The Wildcats score an average of 71.9 points per game, just 4.6 more points than the 67.3 the Jayhawks give up to opponents.
- Villanova has put together an 11-10-2 ATS record and a 20-4 overall record in games it scores more than 67.3 points.
- Kansas’ record is 11-7 against the spread and 18-0 overall when it allows fewer than 71.9 points.
- The Jayhawks have out-scored their opponents by a total of 420 points this season (11 points per game on average), and the Wildcats have put up 359 more points than their opponents on the year (9.7 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Jayhawks’ average implied point total this season is the same as their implied total in Saturday’s game (76.4 points).
- This season, Kansas has scored more than 68 points in 34 games.
- The 72.8-point average implied total on the season for the Wildcats is the same as the team’s implied total in this matchup.
- On the season, Villanova has put up more than 64 points in a game 30 times.
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How to watch Kansas vs. Villanova
- Game Day: Saturday, April 2, 2022
- Game Time: 6:09 PM ET
- Live Stream: Hulu
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