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2024 March Madness: How to bet the men's championship game

Zach Edey and the Boilermakers are 6.5-point underdogs against the defending champion Huskies. Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire

It all comes down to Monday's championship game, as the UConn Huskies play the Purdue Boilermakers for the title.

How should you bet this game?

Here are experts Jeff Borzello and Tyler Fulghum with their favorite bets to make.


UConn -6.5 (-110). I'm not going to stop betting on the Huskies. They're 5-0 ATS in this tournament. They've covered 11 Tournament games in a row. This is a large spread for a championship game and the Boilermakers deserve credit for their own success ATS, but UConn has the personnel to match up as well as any team can with Zach Edey. -- Fulghum

UConn -6.5 (-110). Donovan Clingan will do enough to at least slow down Edey, but Edey is going to get his points either way. He averages 25.0 points in wins and 25.0 points in losses. But I think Stephon Castle could be used on Braden Smith, which could disrupt Purdue's offense and make Edey get his touches outside of his preferred areas. And then the Huskies just have too many shot-makers at the other end. -- Borzello

Zach Edey UNDER 24.5 points (-130). Clingan vs. Edey is going to be an awesome heavyweight bout. Clingan is the rare player with the length to match up well with Edey and make life difficult. Purdue's best path to victory is trying to win the game from the 3-point line. -- Fulghum

Alex Karaban OVER 12.5 points (-105). Karaban has consistently shown up in big spots this season, making a timely 3-pointer in transition or getting an offensive rebound putback from the weakside. I think that continues on Monday night. He had 14 points against Alabama and I think he could get loose from Trey Kaufman-Renn for a couple of open 3s against Purdue. -- Borzello