The Villanova Wildcats are 9-0 straight up and 7-2 against the spread over their last nine games including a 4-0 SU and ATS run through the NCAA tournament so far. The Wildcats will try to advance into the finals when they face the Kansas Jayhawks in a battle between the two remaining No. 1 seeds in the tournament.
Villanova vs. Kansas, Final Four odds: Wildcats betting favorites vs. Jayhawks for Saturday
The Villanova Wildcats look to return to the championship game with a win over the Kansas Jayhawks as betting favorites at the sportsbooks in San Antonio.
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Villanova is a 5.5-point favorite in San Antonio at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. In their last four games against Kansas, the Wildcats are 3-1 SU and ATS.
Villanova Wildcats vs. Kansas Jayhawks
When: Saturday, March 31, 8:49 p.m. ET
Where: Alamodome, San Antonio
Betting Line / Total: Villanova -5.5 / 154.5 Points
Villanova Wildcats
In a postseason with headlines dominated by big upsets and bracket busters, the Wildcats have quietly mowed through their first four games. Villanova has averaged 82.3 points per game while allowing only 64 per game, winning every game by double digits with a staggering average margin of victory of 18.3 points per game.
With the way they are firing on all cylinders, the Wildcats are an even-money favorite to win the tournament heading into the Final Four.
Since March 18, 2016, Villanova has played in 18 games in the month of March and is 17-1 SU and 14-4 ATS over that stretch per the OddsShark College Basketball Database.
Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas hasn’t received much respect this season as a legitimate contender, finding itself as a 1.5-point underdog in the Big 12 tournament championship game against West Virginia and a 3-point underdog in the Elite Eight against No. 2 Duke.
The Jayhawks continued to punish their doubters with outright upsets in those two games, improving to 12-4 ATS over their last 16 games as an underdog and 6-1 SU and ATS over their last seven. The team enters this game with a 7-0 SU and 5-2 ATS record over its last five games.
Saturday night’s total is set at 154.5 points. The OVER is 14-5 in Villanova’s last 19 games and 3-0 over Kansas’ last three.
If the Jayhawks hope to keep up their recent string of success as underdogs, they will need to do so with a strong performance on offense against the nation’s top point-producing team. Kansas has averaged 81.4 points per game over its current seven-game win streak.
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