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Kansas or North Carolina? Expert Predictions for the Men’s National Title Game

Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY Sports (Agbaji); Bob Donnan/USA TODAY Sports (Love)

And then there were two.

After a disappointing start to the season, No. 8 North Carolina has marched itself straight to the title game. While the Tar Heels were busy taking down Duke and sending Mike Krzyzewski into retirement, No. 1 Kansas has quietly been on a mission this tournament. The Jayhawks have struggled in March in recent years, but are back in the championship game thanks to a lights-out performance against Villanova.

So who will finish this thing victorious? SI’s college basketball writers make their picks.