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NCAA championship prediction poll

North Carolina is a 1½-point favorite over Gonzaga and the total is 154½ in Monday’s NCAA championship game. Here’s a survey of opinions from Review-Journal staff members, other media, oddsmakers and professional handicappers.

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Kruger, Williams-Goss link altered course of UNLV basketball

The opening chapter of how the Rebels went from a team under Lon Kruger that made four NCAA fields his last five years to one that just concluded the worst season in program history begins in 2011, when Nigel Williams-Goss was a sophomore at Findlay Prep.

Tar Heels’ Kennedy Meeks has unfinished business in title game

A year ago, Kennedy Meeks missed winning an NCAA title as Villanova beat North Carolina on a last-second shot. Monday, he gets a second and final chance for a ring as a senior as the Tar Heels face Gonzaga in the national championship game.

Las Vegas still on outside looking in for hosting NCAA championships

Despite hosting four Division I conference basketball tournaments, state-of-the art facilities and the NFL and NHL putting franchises in the city, Las Vegas still can’t get the NCAA to drop its policy on sports gambling in order to host a championship event.

North Carolina a 2-point favorite over Gonzaga in title game

Neither No. 1 seed covered the spread Saturday as North Carolina outlasted Oregon 77-76 as a 4½-point favorite and Gonzaga held off South Carolina 77-73 as a 6½-point favorite.

Top seeds Gonzaga, North Carolina reach national title game

Nigel Williams-Goss and Zach Collins combined for 37 points to lead Gonzaga past South Carolina 77-73 at the Final Four, while North Carolina held off Oregon 77-76 to advance to Monday’s title game.

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