The end of the 2022 college basketball season is just hours away. After months of action-packed season and weeks of a fast-paced 2022 NCAA tournament that began with 68 teams, Monday night’s March Madness bracket at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans boils down to an epic championship match between two of the sport’s top blues Blood: No. 1 seed Kansas and No. 8 seed North Carolina. History awaits.
There are many storylines in this one as we prepare to crown a champion. Kansas Coach Bill Self is looking to secure his second championship at KU almost 14 years to the day after his first and only one with the Jayhawks. The title opportunity comes two years after his team would likely have been the No. 1 overall seed at the tournament, which was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coach Hubert Davis is also looking to make history for North Carolina after becoming only the fifth freshman coach to ever lead a team to a Year 1 title shot. His Tar Heels are poised to become the second team ever to win a championship as No. 8 seed – society held only by the legendary 1985 Villanova. No team with a lower seed has ever progressed through the entire bracket.
Our team of experts have picks below for Monday’s historic season finale, both straight and against the spread. Take a look at their predictions below.
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2022 NCAA Championship Predictions
(1) Kansas vs. (8) North Carolina
9:20 p.m. | TBS, March Madness Live: Kansas appeared to be in top form on Saturday as they not only ousted but thrashed No. 2 Villanova in a dominant performance. Ochai Agbaji was at the peak of his powers, David McCormack owned the paint and the Jayhawks strutted their way to the national finals. UNC, on the other hand, picked up perhaps the most emotional victory of any team in Final Four history after defeating Duke and ending Coach K’s historic career. Will the Tar Heels be able to maintain that momentum on a short turn? I think they’ll be ready to keep this one relatively close at the moment, but keeping it within the 4.5 against this KU team is a big challenge. I fix the number. Selection: Kansas -4.5
Spread | CAN-4.5 | CAN-4.5 | CAN-4.5 | CAN-4.5 | CAN-4.5 | CAN-4.5 |
Straight on | CAN | CAN | CAN | CAN | CAN | CAN |
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