The North Carolina Tar Heels, the team to beat in the coming 2008 March Madness bracket tournament?

After winning the ACC regular season championship, who can say otherwise?

The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, otherwise known as the 2008 March Madness, is probably the largest, most elaborate championship tournament in American sports.

It will involve 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It is scheduled to begin on March 18, 2008, and will conclude with the championship game on April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The host institution will be the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Of course, San Antonio is proud to be hosting its third Final Four in a decade and fifth overall NCAA Division I Championship in as many years.

Leading the pack are the North Carolina Tar Heels. North Carolina ended up where it was expected to be, atop the Atlantic Coast Conference with a record of 29-2 (14-2).

The Tar Heels settled for a perfect second half of the conference schedule, capped by winning 76-67 versus the Duke Blue Devils for the outright regular season championship.

The Tar Heels have at least won or shared three of the last four regular season titles. The 29 victories are the most in school history entering postseason tournaments.

A rematch with the Duke Blue Devils for these Tar Heels is possible. If so, that could very well set this year's bracket wars on fire for sure.

This North Carolina Tar Heels team is led by forward Tyler Hansbrough, a 20-10 player averaging 23.1 points and 10.5 rebounds per contest. He is one of the reasons why the North Carolina Tar Heels are probably bound to win the 2008 March Madness wars.

Who will win the 2007-08 NCAA College Basketball Championship? Sportsbetting.com has the odds.

North Carolina Tar Heels 6-1

UCLA Bruins 9-2

Memphis Tigers 6-1

Duke Blue Devils 9-1

Ohio State Buckeyes 100-1

Florida Gators 100-1

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