{"id":9994,"date":"2009-04-04T01:40:12","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T06:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=9994"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:44:38","slug":"wildcats-tarheels-final4-free-pick-betting-lines-40409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/wildcats-tarheels-final4-free-pick-betting-lines-40409\/","title":{"rendered":"Villanova vs. North Carolina Free Pick (Apr 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Villanova (30-7)\u00a0vs.\u00a0North Carolina (32-4)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>2009 NCAA Tournament <a title=\"Final Four Predictions\" href=\"\/ncaab\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Final Four<\/a> Action<br \/>\nSaturday April 4, 8:47 PM ET<br \/>\nDetroit, MI Ford Field<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Villanova is 3-1 ATS in this year&#8217;s tournament.\u00a0 They are getting fantastic guard play out of Scottie Reynolds.\u00a0 In this matchup UNC will have the size advantage. \u00a0Because of this, the perimeter shooting for Villanova must be on.<!--more-->They are 29.6% from 3 in the tournament.\u00a0 They will need to shoot closer to 40% if they want to advance.\u00a0 Defensively they will need to key Ty Lawson out of the paint.\u00a0 This has not been accomplished by any team in the tournament thus far.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/sports-betting\/ncaa-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Carolina has rolled through this year&#8217;s field easily going 4-0 ATS on the way.\u00a0 They are scoring an average of 88.8 points per game.\u00a0 Villanova&#8217;s key to the game is the 3 point shot.\u00a0 The Tar Heels are holding tournament opponents to 28.4% shooting.\u00a0 Tyler Hansbrough looks to bounce back from an 8 point outing against Oklahoma which he was in foul trouble in the first half.\u00a0 UNC has the deeper team and will win the bench scoring matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line is that North Carolina is the best team in the field.\u00a0 Villanova could give them a good run if they get hot from 3.\u00a0 If they start lighting it up expect Roy Williams to switch up defenses to pressure the perimeter more.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Last Game Out:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Last game for Villanova (30-7): Win 78-76 vs. Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<p>Last game for North Carolina (32-4): Win 72-60 vs. Oklahoma<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Betting Lines:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>North Carolina -7<\/p>\n<p>Over\/Under 159<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Recent Matchups<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>3\/25\/05 &#8211; North Carolina won 67-66 in the NCAA Tournament<\/p>\n<h2><strong>My Final Four FREE PICK for Villanova vs. North Carolina<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Pick &#8211; <strong>North Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/sports-betting\/ncaa-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow\">BET ON THIS FINAL 4 MATCHUP AT BETUS.COM &#8211; ONLINE SPORTSBOOK WITH THE BEST NCAA TOURNAMENT BETTING ODDS IN THE WORLD!!!!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong><em>Chris Hahn is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog. He\u2019s a Wichita State Shockers season tix holder! But don\u2019t hold that against him ok? He flat out loves his college HOOPS! Got a comment? In the mood to run a little smack? Chris wants to hear from you, so comment below!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a free pick, preview and predictions article for the 2009 Final Four matchup between the Villanova Wildcats and the North Carolina Tar Heels in the March Madness Tourney&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[41,5029,164,12406,9949,11822,471,479,8960,10217,9588,10434,3257,2487,11478,10380,12618,12622,12617,6290,12616,12619,12620,12621],"class_list":["post-9994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-41","tag-bet-college-basketball","tag-betting-lines","tag-final-4-betting","tag-final-four","tag-free-ncaa-tournament-picks","tag-free-picks","tag-free-predictions","tag-march-madness","tag-march-madness-betting","tag-march-madness-odds","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-north-carolina","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-unc","tag-villanova","tag-villanova-north-carolina-lines","tag-villanova-vs-north-carolina","tag-villanova-vs-unc-odds","tag-villanova-wildcats","tag-wildcats-tar-heels-odds","tag-wildcats-tar-heels-picks","tag-wildcats-tar-heels-predictions","tag-wildcats-vs-tar-heels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9994","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9994"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103738,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9994\/revisions\/103738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}