Editorial

UNC Is A -1.5 Point Favorite Over Wisconsin In The NCAA Tournament

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David Hookstead Sports And Entertainment Editor
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Oddsmakers are giving North Carolina a slight edge over Wisconsin in their NCAA Tournament matchup.

My Badgers and the Tar Heels will play Friday night in the opening round, and I couldn’t be more excited if I tried. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)

As of this moment, oddsmakers have the spread at -1.5 in favor of the Tar Heels.

 

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I’m honestly the spread is only -1.5 in favor of the Tar Heels. If you put a gun to my head and had me guess, I would have guessed Wisconsin would have been in the +4.5 range.

Wisconsin hasn’t beaten a good team in a very long time. This season has been an absolute struggle by every metric.

 

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While UNC has also had an up and down season, the Tar Heels have at least looked competent lately, which can’t really be said about my Badgers.

You can see the talent is there with Wisconsin, but just struggle to get the job done.

 

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Apparently, the oddsmakers are giving the team more credit than I am because the spread is much closer than I would have anticipated.

 

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We’ll see what happens at 7:10 EST this Friday. You know the beers will be going down easy by tip?