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Tyler Hansbrough and North Carolina will take on Washington State. (AP Images)

North Carolina is the highest-scoring team in the tournament, averaging 110.5 points per game.

Washington State is the stingiest defensive team in the tournament, allowing 40.5 points per game.

So yeah, something's gotta give.

There's no denying that Wazzu has an extremely tall task at hand. Literally. Stopping 6-foot-10-inch Tyler Hansbrough will be goal No. 1 and 1a if the Cougars want to make the first Elite Eight in program history.

However, recent Wazzu history shows that shutting down bigs is not an impossible feat. Having slugged through a Pac-10 regular season against formidable big men like UCLA's Kevin Love, Stanford's Brook and Robin Lopez and Washington's Jon Brockman, the Cougs have learned a thing or two about dealing with big post presences.

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Some Betting Trends for WSU-UNC:

• Washington State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
• The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Washington State's last 10 games
• Washington State is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games
• North Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
• The total has gone OVER in 7 of North Carolina's last 10 games

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