Opening betting lines set for UNC and Kansas in the NCAA championship game

UNC ended the career of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski on Saturday night in the Final Four and now the Tar Heels will play Kansas for the national championship.

After upsetting the rival Blue Devils 81-77 in one of the biggest college basketball games of all time, Hubert Davis’ North Carolina team will play Kansas, coached by Bill Self, at 9:20 p.m. Monday (TBS), and the betting lines are already set.

According to BetMGM, UNC opens as a 4.5-point underdog to the Jayhawks, with an over/under set at 153.5 points.

Over at Gambling.com, the consensus betting line is Kansas at minus-4.

Kansas entered the Final Four as the lone remaining No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament; UNC is a No. 8 seed.

This story was originally published April 2, 2022 at 11:48 PM.

Matt L. Stephens

The Charlotte Observer

Matt L. Stephens is the Senior Sports Editor for The Charlotte Observer and oversees sports coverage for the Raleigh News & Observer, The State in Columbia, S.C., and McClatchy’s other properties across the Southeast. Before coming to Charlotte in July 2019, Matt was an award-winning editor, columnist and investigative reporter at The Denver Post and Fort Collins Coloradoan.