On the second day of Elite Eight action we see another matchup between #1 and #2 with the second seeded Kansas Jayhawks being tabbed as favourites. \u00a0<\/p>\n
#2 Kansas Jayhawks (30-6) vs #1 North Carolina Tar Heels (32-5)<\/strong> Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Kansas<\/strong><\/p>\n Both teams escaped the Sweet Sixteen by the skin of their teeth and it is a little disconcerting how Kansas really struggled early in the game yet again.<\/p>\n These are two of the storied programs so it is no surprise to see them in this spot even if both seems to have a fair number of warts right now.<\/p>\n The other day I was listening to a podcast and an expert was saying how bad a coach Bill Self is. \u00a0After watching Kansas the last couple of games I am inclined to believe it is true.<\/p>\n Against Purdue and NC State the Jayhawks really struggled to get going. \u00a0When you have All-America players like Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor that really shouldn\u2019t be the case.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t really like this team but here they are a game away from the Final Four. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n North Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n I think we all knew that not having point guard Kendall Marshall would be big but did anyone believe they would need overtime to put away Ohio.? \u00a0(not Ohio State)<\/p>\n The Bobcats played a spirited game while the Tar Heels sleep walked through regulation and almost found themselves out. \u00a0As this is being written that status of Marshall is uncertain.<\/p>\n What is certain is how desperately they need him to compete for a championship.<\/p>\n Is Harrison Barnes really a next level superstar? \u00a0He was brutal against Ohio, a team that didn\u2019t really have the size or athleticism to guard him. \u00a0If they are going to win on Sunday he has to have a big game. \u00a0Kansas has size enough to neutralize Carolina bigs John Henson and Tyler Zeller – who was awesome Friday night.<\/p>\n Barnes is the key, with or without Marshall they need him to perform.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0North Carolina +2.5 #2 Jayhawks (30-6) vs Tar Heels (32-5) On the second day of Elite Eight action we see another matchup between #1 and #2 with the second seeded Kansas Jayhawks being tabbed as favourites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":24374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[6250,6988,4693,12280,10983,6588,471,3718,54265,4104,3716,54266,54267,8960,11721,4208,11483,10434,3257,2487,13319],"class_list":["post-49823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-cbb-odds","tag-cbb-predictions","tag-college-basketball-predictions","tag-elite-8","tag-elite-eight","tag-free-ncaa-hoops-picks","tag-free-picks","tag-jayhawks","tag-jayhawks-vs-tar-heels","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-kansas-jayhawks-vs-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-kansas-vs-north-carolina","tag-march-madness","tag-midwest-region","tag-ncaa-basketball-betting","tag-ncaa-hoops-lines","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-north-carolina","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-round-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49823"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50005,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49823\/revisions\/50005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Sunday March 25<\/strong>
\n Midwest Region – St. Louis, MO<\/strong>
\n 5:05PM<\/strong>
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Kansas -150, North Carolina +150<\/strong>
\n Spread: \u00a0Kansas -2.5<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a0143<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nO\/U Pick: \u00a0Under
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0North Carolina 69 – Kansas 65<\/p>\nCLICK HERE FOR THE BEST\u00a02012 MARCH MADNESS HANDICAPPING PREDICTIONS ALL SEASON LONG \u2014\u2013><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"