NCAA Tournament 2015: Final Four Preview, Predictions, TV Info, Live Stream And Betting Odds [POLL]

We’re less than three days away from hearing “One Shining Moment” as the 2015 College Basketball National Champion will be crowned on Monday. For many, Saturday’s final four matchups are simply a technicality as most people believe Monday will be the coronation of one of the greatest basketball teams in NCAA history, the Kentucky Wildcats.

Kentucky’s season of supremacy is rivaled by none. However, the team that seeks basketball immortality is seated at the table with two fellow No. 1 seeds in Wisconsin and Duke and a past champion in Michigan State. After Notre Dame took Kentucky to the brink in their Elite Eight matchup last week, there are those out there that believe Kentucky is not invincible and could lose on Saturday.

For the second straight year, Wisconsin and Kentucky will square off in the Final Four. With Aaron Harrison’s three-point dagger still fresh in the minds of Badgers fans everywhere, Wisconsin would like nothing more than to be the team to end the Wildcats’ perfect season. Meanwhile, in the other Final Four game, two titans of college basketball step into the ring for what might be the game of the tournament.

If you followed our Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight predictions, you know we went and impressive 11 for 12 in those two rounds with our only loss, a risky upset pick in UCLA over Gonzaga. Well we’re back and putting our reputation on the line with just three games left to play. While most of the country’s brackets were busted last weekend, ours remained intact as we have all four teams in the Final Four. But for us to remain in the 99^th percentile, we need Kentucky to meet Duke on Monday for the National Championship. Did we stay the course? Or did we deviate from our original picks? Here are our predictions for the Final Four as well as the betting favorites for each game.

1. Duke Beats Michigan State and Advances to another National Championship: In the Final Four undercard, Michigan State gets a rematch with Duke, who soundly beat the Spartans 81-71 in the second game of the season. Both teams have matured tremendously since that game as each team has turned up the defensive intensity over the final month. The Blue Devils now have a formidable one-two punch of Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow. It’s a combo that we believe will prove to be too much for Sparty and their star Denzel Valentine. It’s true that Michigan State was able to slow down Louisville’s Montrezl Harrell in the Elite Eight, but Tom Izzo’s platoon of centers combined for 10 fouls to get that done. Stopping Okafor will be a much tougher challenge, but even if they can slow down Okafor, you still have to deal with Winslow, Tyus Jones and Quinn Cook. Michigan State has been impressive all tournament, but we believe their historic March ends here.

Betting Favorite: Duke – 6

2. Wisconsin Gets Revenge, Ends Wildcats Perfect Season and Advances to First Championship since 1941: That’s right, you read it correctly, we are deviating from our original bracket prediction and picking Wisconsin to end Kentucky’s undefeated season. The main event of Saturday’s Final Four is being billed as the quest for redemption versus the quest for perfection. It features one of the best offenses in college basketball against one of the best defenses. It’s the classic case of the unstoppable force coming into contact with the immovable object, and something has to give. Kentucky clearly has the advantage with size and speed, but Wisconsin has the experience and the ability to spread the floor in order to bring Kentucky’s big men out of the lane to guard the perimeter.

Frank Kaminsky was just named the AP Player of the Year and he will show the world why he’s deserving of the prize on Saturday. Kentucky’s offense has looked out of sync at times in this tournament, and that was evident against Notre Dame in the Elite Eight. The Badgers are much better than the Irish and will now wilt down the stretch like their predecessors. Wisconsin will need to play better defense in the paint against the Wildcats than they did against Arizona, but they have been one of the stingiest defenses in the NCAA this year. All the pressure will be on Kentucky, and Wisconsin has been waiting a year for this game. Bo Ryan has had a week to prepare for the rematch and we’re guessing he has a plan to beat Kentucky. We like David to slay Goliath in this game that in reality should be the real National Championship.

Betting Favorite: Kentucky -5

Michigan State takes on Duke at 6:09 PM EST and will followed immediately after by Wisconsin and Kentucky which is scheduled for 8:49 EST. All games can be watched live on TBS and live streamed here. The games will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.