It’s the No. 6 Villanova Wildcats vs. No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:49 PM on 3/26/2016. The line on this contest opened with the Jayhawks as a -1.5 point favorite but has since moved up to -2 at most sports betting sites with the total opening and holding at 145.
Villanova easily advanced to this Elite 8 game never trailing in a 92-69 shellacking of Miami in the Swett 16. The win was their third straight by double digits and 23-point margin of victory crushed the point spread line of -4 to move their overall ATS record on the season to 18-17-1. The Wildcats and Hurricanes put up 161 points on the scoreboard to easily surpass the 140 total line for Nova’s second straight OVER and eighth in their last ten games. have covered the spread in their last three games.
Kansas used a dominating second half to get the 79-63 win over Maryland in their Sweet 16 game. The win extended their streak to 17 straight games straight up. The 16-point winning margin gave the Jayhawks their fourth straight point spread cover giving them a bankroll building 24-11 mark against the betting line this campaign. The total for the Maryland game went UNDER the 143-point closing line for back to back UNDERS by Kansas.
These teams met last in in the 2013 season at a neutral site with Villanova beating Kansas 63-59, easily covering the spread as a 4.5-point underdog, and the total fell well UNDER the 154 O/U line.
Villanova ranks 66th in the nation averaging 77.5 PPG and 19th in giving up an average of 64.3 PPG. The Wildcats have won all three of their Big Dance games by at least 19 points. In their blowout win over Miami in their last NCAA Tournament game Villanova outscored the Hurricanes by 17-points in the 2nd half and for the game they shot a scorching FG% of 62.7%.
Kansas ranks 15th in the nation in scoring (82 PPG) and 31st in opponents’ points per game (67.7 PPG). The Jayhawks have won 17 straight games. In their win over Maryland in their last NCAA Tournament game the Jayhawks outscored for the Terrapins by 14 points in the 2nd half and for the game they shot a FG% of 46.8% and held Maryland to a FG% of 40%.
Villanova: 92.82
Kansas: 93.93
- NOVA is 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games.
- NOVA is 5-3 ATS in their last 8 neutral site games.
- NOVA has an Over record of 10-2 in their last 12 games.
- KU is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games.
- KU is 9-1 ATS in their last 10 neutral site games.
- KU has an Under record of 6-4-1 in their last 11 games.
On the season Villanova has an O/U record of 19-16-1 and Kansas has an O/U record of 12-21-1.
This season in games held at a neutral site Villanova is 7-2 and Kansas is 9-1.