By Charles Jay
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The Villanova Wildcats may have some payback on their minds after taking such a drubbing against the Oklahoma Sooners early in the season. But that is a secondary consideration, as a ticket to the national championship game awaits them if they can get by Buddy Hield and his teammates in the national semi-final game, which begins at 6 PM ET at NRG Stadium in Houston. Vietbet customers don’t have to stop with the action at the opening tip, as they can continue to place wagers against the college basketball odds through the phenomenon of Live Betting Extra.
Villanova comes into the game with a record of 33-63-up and 19-17-1 against the basketball pointspread. The Wildcats were at one time rated #1 in the country this season, as was Oklahoma. What is happened with Villanova has been interesting in that earlier in the tournament they were hitting three-pointers in profusion, but took a different avenue to defeat the Kansas Jayhawks, the #1-overall seed in last weekend’s action, winning a 64-59 decision with ball control and defense.
They play a four-guard offense, which can cause some matchup problems for the opponent, although the three guards Oklahoma employees includes Hield, who was the national player of the year.
NCAA Tournament Final Four Betting Line – Villanova vs Oklahoma:
In the March Madness betting odds posted on this game by the people at Vietbet, Villanova is the slight favorite:
Villanova Wildcats -2
Oklahoma Sooners +2
Over 144 points -110
Under 144 points -110
Villanova has some great components to the lineup. And it all starts with Ryan Arcidiacono, the senior point guard who has compiled a ratio of three assists to every turnover this season and has a 58% of his three-point attempts during the NCAA Tournament. But 6-6 Chris Jenkins, who has shot 57% in the Big Dance so far, took home the award for Most Outstanding Player in the region. Josh Hart, the 6-5 post-up guard, is not shooting all that well, but he is the closest thing this team may have to a power forward. And then there is the 6-11 senior, Daniel Ochefu, who came off an ankle injury that bothered him in the Big East tournament but has shot 71% since NCAA play began. Ochefu, who was referred to by coach Jay Wright as, in effect, the team’s most mentally-prepared player, has averaged 12.5 points and 7.7 rebounds. He potentially gives the Wildcats an edge on the inside, as Oklahoma is not all that big either.
Vietbet patrons know that defensively, the challenge for Villanova is dealing with Hield, who averaged over 25 points in the regular season and has hit 57% of his shots in the tournament, with a dozen different 30-point performances this year. There are various schemes that Wright can employ, but as most people who follow college basketball know, Oklahoma (29-7 straight-up, 14-20 ATS) as one games even when he has been slowed down. One of those was back on December 7 in Hawaii, at the Pearl Harbor Classic, when Hield had only 18 points, but Oklahoma rolled to a 78-55 victory, hitting 14 shots from beyond the arc, as compared to Villanova’s lousy 4-for-32 performance. That is a situation that has to get reversed if the Wildcats are to play for all the marbles.
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