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Vegas releases favorites for Final Four matchups
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The Final Four is set and the college basketball teams left standing will compete for a national championship in one week.
Michigan State-Texas Tech and Virginia-Auburn are the two games scheduled for next Saturday in the Final Four. All four teams had difficult roads to reach the pinnacle of the sport.
With the matchups and tipoff times set for Saturday, the opening lines for the two matchups have been released. Per MyBookie Sportsbook, the Spartans and Cavaliers are the early favorites in the two games.
Here are the early lines for next Saturday’s matchups:
- No. 2 Michigan State (-3) vs. No. 3 Texas Tech
- No. 1 Virginia (-5.5) vs. No. 5 Auburn
Based on those lines, Vegas is expected really competitive action from Minneapolis over the weekend.
It’s the first trip ever for Texas Tech and Auburn and Virginia’s first appearance since 1984. Michigan State last made the Final Four in 2015.
The championship game will be played on Monday.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB