Championship Game Matchup

(8) North Carolina vs (1) Kansas – 8:20 PM CDT on TBS

Current Heels in Bold. Light blue dots are the Game Score Per 40 Minutes in the Tar Heels’ Final Four win over Duke on Saturday night.
Current hawks in Bold. Red dots are the Game Score Per 40 Minutes in the Jayhawks’ Final Four win over Villanova on Saturday night.

Data courtesy Kenpom.com and Basketball Reference
Game Score metric created by John Hollinger detailed here
Plot format by Aaron Baggett
Inspiration from Ken Pomeroy
Inspiration from Rock M Nation

Team colors courtesy:
Benjamin S. Baumer and Gregory J. Matthews (2020). teamcolors: Color Palettes for Pro Sports Teams. R package version 0.0.4