March Madness sportsbooks favor Duke over North Carolina. The Duke Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels clash in a Final Four game in NCAA action from the Caesars Superdome on Saturday night.
2022 Final Four North Carolina vs. Duke Odds
| Team | SP/RL | TOTAL | ML | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | +4 ( -110 ) | 151 ( -110 ) | +160 |  |
| Duke | -4 ( -110 ) | 151 ( -110 ) | -185 | |
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Betting Duke Blue Devils
The Duke Blue Devils are favored at the best online sportsbooks. They enter the Final Four after they picked up a 78-69 win over Arkansas. AJ Griffin had 18 points on 7 of 9 shooting. Paolo Banchero had 16 points with seven rebounds. Wendell Moore Jr. had 14 points on 5 of 10 shooting. Mark Williams scored 12 points to go with his team-best 12 rebounds for a double-double.
“We won a lot of games and won the league before we played poorly for two weeks. What happened during that time is we played really good teams who played well against us and we didn’t practice to the level just because we had come off eight out of 11 road games and stuff like that and that hurt us.
Our approach hurt us and we back to the other side of the bridge and your habits weren’t going to do very well. So, that period of time from the loss to Virginia Tech to playing Cal-State Fullerton we had great practices. And we’re healthy. We got better.” Coach Krzyzewski said. “We had a heck of a region. Also, we were in four really tough games against teams that were really good defensively; and physically. They made us better. We had to be better in order to beat them. We’re playing better then we did before that lull. You get better if you beat the really good competition.”
Betting UNC Tar Heels
The North Carolina Tar Heels are underdogs at online sportsbooks. They come into the final four following their 69-49 win over Saint Peter’s. Armando Bacot had a double-double with 20 points and 22 rebounds. Brady Manek had 19 points on 7 of 11 shooting with four threes and eight rebounds. Caleb Love had 14 points with four assists. Leaky Black had a team-best five assists.
The Tar Heels put an end to the Cinderella story of 15-seed Saint Peter’s on Sunday to get a spot in the Final Four. They will face Duke for the third time this season. The Blue Devils were favorites in the first two meetings with North Carolina
That includes 11 points at home on March 5, in coach Mike Krzyzewski’s last game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Tar Heels won that game 94-81 in one of the biggest point-spread upsets in the rivalry in recent times.
Final Four North Carolina vs. Duke Blue Devils
According to online sportsbooks, Duke is 3-7 ATS in their past 10 NCAA tournament games. And 3-7 ATS in their past 10 games versus a team with a winning percentage above .600. The over is 8-2 in their past 10 games overall.
North Carolina is 4-0 ATS in their last four games overall. And 4-0 ATS in their last four neutral site games. The over is 6-0 in their last six games versus a team with a winning record. We get that a case can be made for both teams.
The two squads split the two meetings SU as well as ATS. However, something both games had in common and that both schools have had a history of, is high-scoring contests. The over has hit in six consecutive meetings. It has gone over the total by double-digits in four of six. A 5th missed double digits by half a point. We think we have another shootout here so take the over.
