Vegas sportsbooks making the NCAA odds think the Tar Heels will win, but ESPN’s Matchup Predictor says otherwise. The computer algorithm takes emotion out of the equation and gives the Bulldogs a 58.8 percent chance of claiming\u00a0the national title.<\/p>\n
However,\u00a0Bing Predicts has the Tar Heels with a 52 percent shot at cutting down the nets tonight. The discrepancies highlight the two talented\u00a0teams and what should be an evenly matched championship game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
March Madness is one of the busiest times for Vegas, as casino sportsbooks are flooded with bettors looking to add a financial incentive to their basketball viewing. Though the NCAA certainly doesn’t embrace gambling, the two coaches in tonight’s finale have no qualms in sharing a story about their rendezvous casino trip in 2009.<\/p>\n
Eight\u00a0years ago, UNC coach Roy Williams and Gonzaga coach Mark Few, along with their coaching staffs, made a late-night trip to an unnamed casino in Tunica, Mississippi. The future hall of fame coaches were in Memphis for the Sweet 16, and four days before the two teams were set to clash, Williams called Few and asked if his staff wanted to hit up a casino after the players were in bed.<\/p>\n
Both coaches said their curfew for their players was midnight, and after the lights went\u00a0out in the hotel rooms, the coaches traveled some 40 miles to Tunica to gamble.<\/p>\n
\n“We all got out butts kicked and handed to us and lost some money,” Few told The<\/i> Washington Post<\/i>. “But we had fun.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nThere will be plenty of fun when the title game tips off at 9:20 pm ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NCAA odds have the North Carolina Tar Heels as the slight favorite over the Gonzaga Bulldogs for tonight’s men’s basketball national championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The Westgate SuperBook has No. 1 UNC (32-7) at less than a bucket over No. 1 Gonzaga (37-1), with the spread at just 1.5 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":47678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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