This Isn’t The Final Four Betting Round Anybody Expected

As gamblers everywhere prep for Final Four betting this coming Sunday, April 3rd, it’s hard not to think about the precarious upsets that have prevailed over the course of this entire tournament. I mean, Syracuse is here. Seriously. What the hell.

The Orange are such an unlikely entry in to this stage that 0.83% of all brackets online had them getting this far. That’s why the Final Four betting line they face this weekend against the UNC Tar Heels is what it is. By comparison, UNC was in 51.84% of all Final Four submissions prior to the start of the tournament.

Oklahoma came second thanks to the awe inspiring scoring of Buddy Hield. The Sooners were in 38.29% of all Final Four brackets, while people fell asleep on Villanova for very good reasons. A mere 11.12% of the brackets had Villanova reaching this level.

So are we in for more unpredictable action, or is it safe to go chalk? Well, fortunately for us, the oddsmakers handed us a favor in the first game. Let’s look at the Final Four betting matchups and figure out what to do with our money.