Is Michigan favored to win national championship against UConn?
UConn has won two of the past three national championships but will enter Monday night's title game against Michigan as a heavy underdog. That's because the top-seeded Wolverines have blitzed through their first five games of the NCAA Tournament, winning by an average of 21. 6 points.
That includes an 18-point dismantling of fellow No. 1 seed Arizona on Saturday night in a game that wasn't even as close as the final score. UConn, the No.
2 seed in the East, followed a dramatic upset of No. 1 Duke in the Elite Eight with a systematic breakdown of No. 3 seed Illinois.
Still, the Huskies will enter Monday night as the underdog for their third consecutive game. Michigan was a 6. 5- or 7.
0-point favorite across major sportsbooks on Sunday, with the Wolverines seeking to become the first Big Ten team to win the national title since Michigan State in 2000. The line was sitting at 6. 5 points at both BetMGM and DraftKings, where the line opened at 7.