NCAA Tournament odds: How UNC's title futures have moved all season
At the beginning of the season, the North Carolina Tar Heels had long odds to win the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, and that number only lengthened throughout the year.
However, Hubert Davis’ squad, in his first season as head coach, finds itself one win away from a fourth national championship this century and seventh overall.
Make no mistake about it, this was a tough season for the Tar Heels. A disappointing start left UNC at 12-6; unranked in the AP Top 25 and sixth place in the ACC. From a gambling perspective, the team's title odds got as high as +15000.
Rather than give in, the traditional blue blood turned it around and finished the regular season on an 11-2 run, capped off by a 13-point win against Duke in the season finale which also served as Coach Krzyzewski's last home game.
After taking down Duke again in Coach K's last game, North Carolina stands at the brink of championship success. In anticipation of Monday's title game, let's take a look at how the Tar Heels' futures have moved throughout the year, courtesy of FOX Bet.
NORTH CAROLINA ODDS TO WIN THE 2022 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AT FOX BET*
October: +3100 (bet $10 to win $320 total)
December: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
January: +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)
February: +15000 (bet $10 to win $1510 total)
March 1st: +13000 (bet $10 to win $1310 total)
March 7th: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1010 total)
March 14th: +15000 (bet $10 to win $1510 total)
March 18th: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total)
March 20th: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
March 25th: +600 (bet $10 to win $70 total)
March 28th: +550 (bet $10 to win $65 total)
*odds as of 3/28/22
North Carolina's odds got as high as +15000 as recently as March 14th after a quick and surprising exit to Virginia Tech in the ACC tournament. However, the Tar Heels' magical run during March Madness has continued to shrink their title odds throughout the tournament. And after defeating rival Duke 81-77 in a game for the ages, North Carolina finds itself in the championship game.
Saturday night's victory by the Tar Heels should have their backers sitting pretty going into Monday's title game against the Jayhawks. Despite being 4-point underdogs to Kansas, North Carolina making the big game presents a nice hedging opportunity for anyone that bet on them with long odds earlier this season.
Per FOX Sports research, if Carolina does win the title, the team would become the biggest pre-tournament longshot to win since 1975.
Are you betting on Kansas-North Carolina on Monday? Be sure to get your wagers in now at FOX Bet.
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