NCAA title game: Best bets for Kansas-UNC
No. 1 seed Kansas will play No. 8 seed UNC in the NCAA title game. Adam Burke, Tim Murray, Greg Peterson, Wes Reynolds, Jonathan Von Tobel, Dave Tuley and Matt Youmans give their picks on the game for their experts.
No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks and No. 8 North Carolina Tar Heels are playing in the NCAA tournament. Kansas is 5-0 SU and 3-2 ATS, while UNC is on a 5, ATC and is playing above their regular-season power rating.
Burke likes North Carolina over Kansas. The Jayhawks have won all their games by at least 16 points. UNC has used some tremendous offensive efficiency to get to this point. Kansas is a better defensive team than Duke. The Tar Heels have gone through a much harder path to reach this stage.
Both teams scored 81 points in their Final Four game. Kansas is 18th in the country in points scored on a per possession basis and North Carolina 29th. The Jayhawks have allowed 65 points or fewer in eight of their last nine games. North Carolin struggled on defense, ranking outside the top 125 in terms of points allowed on per-possession basis.
