{"id":337819,"date":"2025-04-05T10:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T14:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=337819"},"modified":"2025-04-05T10:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T14:50:05","slug":"march-madness-prop-bets-final-four-april-5-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/march-madness-prop-bets-final-four-april-5-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness 2025 Final Four prop bets: Fade Duke&#8217;s Cooper Flagg, back Florida&#8217;s Thomas Haugh in April 5 doubleheader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Final Four is coming this Saturday, and my favourite prop bet involves consensus No. 1 draft pick Cooper Flagg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Flagg has been a stud for the Duke Blue Devils all season, but I&#8217;m taking the under on his point total against the Houston Cougars. Before that, bet on Florida&#8217;s Thomas Haugh and Will Richard.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best March Madness prop bets for April 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">March Madness prop bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022<strong>BOOST: Duke -4.5, under 137.5 points, Flagg 20+ points (+633). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/specials?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=northstar_specials\">Bet now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2022BOOST: Florida ML, Clayton Jr. &amp; Broome 20+ points each (+578). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/specials?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=northstar_specials\">Bet now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.northstarbets.ca%2Fsportsbook%2Fsports-hub%2Fbasketball%2Fncaab&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJordan.Horrobin%40northstargaming.ca%7Cbeebaea6edef4ee6bff508dd6559142b%7Ca474078ecda74c118881901a044d2bef%7C0%7C0%7C638778155464096400%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YpNgDkdfZ%2BeP5BoA6jmv5cSlxJl53smxrlbwYUmGXW0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Full March Madness Markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.northstarbets.ca%2Fsportsbook%2Fnews%2Fmarch&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJordan.Horrobin%40northstargaming.ca%7Cbeebaea6edef4ee6bff508dd6559142b%7Ca474078ecda74c118881901a044d2bef%7C0%7C0%7C638778155464120503%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ev7AbXrklRhS5b%2BeAH3I4J12SpqfJ3N3WktmiUo9iMA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">PLAY NOW: Un-Bustable Bracket Challenge<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best Bet: Flagg under 18.5 points (-117)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:112087\">Embed: #112087<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fading the best player in the nation is risky, but I think it&#8217;s the right play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flagg has only cleared this total in one tournament game, scoring 16, 30, 18 and 14 points. <br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He is 2-8 against this line in his last 10 outings, excluding the ACC Tournament game he left early with an injury (though he was 1-for-7 from the field in 15 minutes before exiting). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not saying Flagg has been playing poorly. He&#8217;s recorded 15-plus points in nine of those contests while shooting 49.6% from the field, so this will almost certainly be a sweat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I trust Houston to clamp down on Duke&#8217;s top dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cougars rank first in KenPom&#8217;s adjusted defensive efficiency (87.4) and hold opponents to the fewest points per game (58.3). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Houston held Purdue&#8217;s top scorer, Trey Kaufman-Renn, to 14 points on 5-of-12 shooting in the Sweet 16.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It followed that up by holding Tennessee&#8217;s top scorer, Chaz Lanier, to 17 points on 4-of-18 shooting in the Elite Eight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Flagg is 1-5 against this line in his last six games against Quad 1 teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Four props<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Haugh over 10.5 points (-132):<\/strong> Haugh is coming off the biggest game of his career, a 20-point effort against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Elite Eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walter Clayton Jr. is going to lead the way for Florida, but I think there will be plenty of opportunity for the sophomore to chip in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 6-foot-9 forward has a dependable 3-point stroke (35.9%) and is a great free-throw shooter (81.0%). Auburn fouls at an inordinately high rate (18.4\/game, 299th in D-1), so look for Haugh to do damage at the line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haugh is 8-2 against this line in his last 10 games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Richard over 3.5 rebounds (-136):<\/strong> It might feel a little luck-based to back a guard on a rebounding line this low. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Richard has been fairly consistent against this number since logging back-to-back 1-rebound outings on Feb. 11 and 15:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4.1 rebounds\/game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3+ rebounds in 11\/13 games<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4+ rebounds in 7\/13 games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Auburn Tigers rank a pedestrian 162nd in offensive rebounding rate (29.5%), so look for Richard to pick up boards and lead the Gators in transition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>March Madness prop bets made at 10:55 a.m. ET on 04\/03\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Final Four is coming this Saturday, and my favourite prop bet involves consensus No. 1 draft pick Cooper Flagg. The pregame narrative: Flagg has been a stud for the Duke Blue Devils all season, but I&#8217;m taking the under on his point total against the Houston Cougars. Before that, bet on Florida&#8217;s Thomas Haugh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":337845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[349],"class_list":["post-337819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>March Madness prop bets April 5: 2025 Final Four picks | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NCAA March Madness prop bets for the 2025 Final Four. 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