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This years Final Four has four teams that have a great history. The Kansas Jayhawks are one of the top programs in college basketball. The Jayhawks have a long, prosperous history, and they’re looking to add to their accomplishments this weekend with a victory over the Villanova Wildcats in the first contest of the Final Four in New Orleans, Louisiana. Let’s have a look at the Kansas Jayhawks and how they arrive to the Final Four round so you can bet against their March Madness Odds.

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Final Four Round: Kansas Jayhawks Betting Analysis

The Kansas Jayhawks have been to the Final Four 16 times. This is the fifth-most in the history of the NCAA. With great coaches such as Phog Allen, Ted Owens, Larry Brown, and Roy Williams at the helm, Kansas has been a dominant program. When Williams left and Bill Self took over, the program continued to flourish.

This is Self’s 19th season with the Jayhawks, and this will be his fourth appearance in the Final Four. Out of their 16 appearances, Kansas only has three national championships, with Self winning one in 2008. He’ll be looking to make it two, and it will all start if Kansas can defeat Villanova.

The Kansas Jayhawks are a +180 to win it all and are a 4.5-point favorite to beat Villanova on Saturday. Kansas will rely heavily on their All-American guard Ochai Agbaji. Agbaji is one of the top players in the country and has come up big in crunch time for the Jayhawks on numerous occasions. Another key to the Jayhawks’ run is the return of Remy Martin. Martin, the Arizona State transfer, dealt with injuries over the first few months of the season. Now that he’s healthy, he’s a huge spark off the bench for Kansas.

Between Kansas’s transition game and their pick-and-roll offense, they’ll give Villanova fits on the defensive end of the floor. According to the KenPom rankings, Kansas has the 7th-most efficient offense in college basketball. They don’t turn the ball over, and they took good shots.

On the other end of the floor, the Jayhawks get things done. They’re ranked 18th in defensive efficiency in the KenPom rankings. Villanova is fundamentally sound on the offensive end of the floor, and if the defense makes a mistake, they’ll exploit it. Villanova doesn’t mind working the shot clock, so Kansas will have to defend for the full 30 seconds.

If Kansas wants to beat Villanova, Agbaji will need to come out of his shooting slump. David McCormack and Jalen Wilson will need to play big and dominate the boards. Villanova doesn’t match up well with bigs, so these two could put up some big numbers. Wilson can also shoot the three-ball well, so that could be a weapon. Although he hasn’t shot well throughout the tournament, he could step it up and hit some big shots on Saturday night. 

The oddsmakers have made the Jayhawks a 4.5-point favorite in this one. While we think the Jayhawks will walk away with the win, we’re not so sure that they’ll cover the spread. With Villanova not having Justin Moore, we don’t think they’ll have enough to beat Kansas. Kansas will take the victory and then head to Monday night’s title game.

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The Virginia Cavaliers march to their first Final Four since 1984 and only their third Final Four in history on Saturday when they take on the Auburn Tigers. The Cavaliers are the odds favorite to win the 2019 National Championship. Check out Virginia’s Final Four odds, an analysis of their team, and a prediction as to how far they’ll get in this year’s Final Four.

Virginia 2019 March Madness Final Four Betting Analysis

2019 College Basketball Championship Odds: +150

The Virginia Cavaliers ran roughshod over their Atlantic Coast Conference opponents during the regular season. The only two teams in the ACC to beat Virginia, the only two teams to beat Virginia period this season, were the Duke Blue Devils and Florida State Seminoles. Duke beat Virginia twice while Florida State took Virginia down in the ACC Tournament.

Since the loss to Florida State, Virginia’s been untouchable in the NCAA Tournament. The Cavaliers dominated Weber State 71-56, they beat Oklahoma 63-51, outlasted Oregon 53-49, and beat Purdue 80-75 in overtime.

The most important game in the sequence is the battle with Purdue in the Elite Eight. The Cavaliers needed a last-second shot to tie the game in regulation. Then once in regulation, they instilled their will on the Bolilermakers.

More importantly? Virginia was forced to play a more up and down game. The fact they survived and prevailed should give their backers hope.

Virginia Cavaliers Playing Style

Since Tony Bennett took over as head coach, the Cavaliers have been known as a fearsome defensive first college hoops squad. Virginia plays a man-to-man/zone hybrid defense that’s effective when they switch off correctly. It’s so effective that teams are faced with a coin toss dilemma when they take on the Cavaliers.

Play in the half court and Virginia most likely shuts you down. Run and gun and the Cavaliers could force you into bad shots because they get back on defense so quickly. Either way, the Cavaliers beat you. Virginia’s patient, man to zone switching defense, has been effective since Bennett’s first day on the job.

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Virginia Cavaliers Final Four Betting Prediction

The Virginia Cavaliers only allow 55.4 points per game. That ranks first in college basketball. Although no team in the Final Four plays defense as well as the Cavaliers, Virginia’s not a great overall shooting team. They can most definitely put the rock through the net when firing from three, but their field goal percentage is only 47.4, which is good but not great.

Almost as important is the fact that when Virginia’s lost, it’s been to teams that are more athletic than they are. The Duke Blue Devils and Florida State Seminoles beat the Cavaliers by using their athleticism to get open looks before UVA could set their defense.

Unfortunately for Virginia, that’s exactly the style Auburn plays. The Tigers play great defense, they blocked Kentucky plenty of times in their Elite Eight win, but they really excel on offense where they set up open looks from behind the arc by sending one or two players to the paint.

The Tigers will use that athleticism to upset Virginia on Saturday. Auburn’s the worst possible matchup for the Virginia Cavaliers. The betting prediction here is that Virginia loses to Auburn on the moneyline in their Final Four Semifinal game.

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Whether you love the Ducks Oregon basketball team or you’re simply thinking about backing the nationally-ranked title contenders to win the 2017 March Madness national championship, then you need to know all about the third-seeded Ducks as they get set for their Final Four matchup against third-seeded North Carolina on Saturday.

Thanks to the expert college basketball betting lines analysis that you’re about to get on Oregon, you’re going to be able to maximize your chances of making a winning wager when they take to the court this coming weekend – and in the 2017 national championship game if they get that far. Now, let’s get started.

A Closer Look At The NCAA Final Four Betting Oregon Ducks Analysis

Analysis: As you can see from the above chart, Oregon Ducks has a Top 50 offense and shoots it almost as well as any team in the nation, both from inside the arc and three-point distance. If there is a troublesome area, it’s the fact that the Ducks shoot an uninspiring 70.5 percent from the free throw line to rank a mediocre 163rd nationally.

Analysis: Not only is Oregon very good offensively, the Ducks are also rock-solid defensively. Oregon limited their opponents to just 65.5 points per game this season while ranking 23rd nationally in field goal defense and a stellar 21st three-point shooting defense.

The Starters

Jordan Bell (10.9 ppg, 8.6 rpg) Dillon Brooks (16.3 ppg) Dylan Ennis (10.7 ppg) Tyler Dorsey (14.5 ppg) Payton Pritchard (7.5 ppg)

Analysis: As you can see, four of Oregon’s five starters all average double figures in scoring. While Dillon Brooks leads the team in scoring, it has been blossoming shooting guard Tyler Dorsey that has led the Ducks in scoring in every game this NCAA Tournament while putting up 24.5 points per game. The bad news is that no Oregon starter besides Jordan Bell averages at least five rebounds per game.

The Bench

Kavell Bigby-Williams (3.1 ppg) Casey Benson (4.9 ppg) Keith Smith (1.8 ppg)

Analysis: The Ducks lost their best low post player in forward Chris Boucher just before the start of March Madness and only played just three reserves in their stunning win over Kansas in the Elite Eight. However, as you can see, Oregon only gets modest production off the bench and that could be a problem moving forward.

Neutral Site Games

The Ducks won nine of their 11 neutral site games this season while averaging 76.0 points per game and allowing 67.6 points per contest defensively.

Coaching

Dana Altman may not be a nationally recognized name in college basketball, but make no mistake about it, he can coach with the best in the business. Altman has gone 187-69 in seven seasons at Oregon after going 327-176 in 16 seasons at Creighton. Altman led the Ducks to a CBI Tournament in his first season with Oregon (2011) and has reached the NCAA Tournament in each of the last five seasons while making one Sweet 16 appearance and an Elite Eight appearance last season.

Intangibles

Oregon has plenty of motivation after getting knocked out of last year’s NCAA Tournament in the Elite Eight. The Ducks don’t get rattled in pressure-packed ballgames and plays a ‘smart brand of basketball in which they limit their turnovers and maximize their chances for success.