From the booth

The model favored LOU to win, and the call landed.

Louisville's got this one locked down at ninety-eight percent, and it's not even close. The Cardinals are coming in as a massive thirty-six-point favorite, and that spread tells you everything you need to know about the gap between these two teams. Louisville's got the talent advantage, they're clicking on offense in their last five games, and frankly, Villanova's just got too much to overcome in this one. This is a get-right game for the Cardinals, and they should handle their business pretty decisively.