With the 2017-18 college basketball season steamrolling toward a fast and furious finish, now is a perfect time for MyBookie NCAAB betting enthusiasts to find out which teams are legitimate favorites to win the national championship, which ones are contenders and which one are nothing more than pretenders. Let’s take a look at the latest NCAA Basketball Championship odds.
Updated NCAA Basketball Championship Odds – February 21st Edition
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The Favorites
Villanova
- NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 9/2
Michigan State
- NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 5/1
Virginia
- NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 6/1
Duke
- NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 7/1
Xavier
- NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 10/1
Purdue
- NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 10/1
Contenders & Pretenders
- Arizona: 12/1
- Auburn: 16/1
- Texas Tech: 16/1
- Ohio State: 16/1
- Kansas: 20/1
- West Virginia: 20/1
- Cincinnati: 20/1
- Tennessee: 20/1
- North Carolina: 25/1
- Wichita State: 25/1
- Gonzaga: 25/1
- Florida Gators: 33/1
- Alabama: 33/1
- Oklahoma: 40/1
- Texas A&M: 40/1
- Rhode Island: 40/1
- Kentucky: 50/1
SEC Representing
Five SEC teams, Tennessee (19-7), Florida (17-10), Alabama (17-10), Texas A&M (17-10) and Kentucky (18-9) are all pretenders if you ask me. After watching North Carolina win their last five, I’m thinking the Tar Heels are suddenly a legitimate contender. Wichita State (21-5) is a definite contender that is looking and playing more and more like a favorite. Gonzaga is a contender, seeing as how they rank seventh in scoring (85.2 ppg) and 62nd in points allowed (67.7 ppg) and have caught fire at just the right time. Oklahoma has a legitimate superstar in point guard Trae Young, but they’re a pretender that is getting exposed at the worst possible time the last couple of weeks. Last but not least, I fully believe that Rhode Island (21-4) is a legitimate contender even though they’re not getting a whole lot of love, mostly because they play in the Atlantic 10.Rest of the Field
- Saint Marys (CA): 50/1
- Michigan: 50/1
- Missouri: 50/1
- Clemson: 50/1
- Louisville: 66/1
- Florida State: 66/1
- Arizona State: 66/1
- Penn State: 66/1
- Butler: 80/1
- Baylor: 80/1
- Seton Hall: 80/1
- Providence: 80/1
- Creighton: 80/1
- Texas: 100/1
- North Carolina State: 100/1
- Houston: 100/1
- St. John’s: 100/1
- Oregon: 125/1
- Miami, Fl: 125/1
- UCLA: 125/1
- Indiana: 125/1
- Arkansas: 125/1
- TCU: 125/1
- Virginia Tech: 125/1
- Maryland: 125/1
- Mississippi State: 125/1
- USC: 150/1
- Nevada:150/1
- Middle Tennessee: 150/1
- Georgia: 150/1
- Oklahoma State: 200/1
- New Mexico State: 200/1
- Loyola-Chicago: 250/1
- Syracuse: 250/1
- Kansas State: 250/1
- Vermont: 250/1
- Washington: 250/1
- UCF: 500/1
- Harvard: 500/1
- Boise State: 500/1
- Stanford: 500/1
- Marquette: 500/1
- East Tennessee State: 500/1
- Florida Gulf Coast: 500/1
- Iowa State: 500/1
- Boston College: 500/1
- Louisiana: 1000/1
- Montana: 1000/1
- UNC Asheville: 1000/1
- UC Santa Barbara: 1000/1
- Charleston: 1000/1
- Pennsylvania: 1000/1
- Rider: 1000/1
- Buffalo: 1000/1
- Toledo: 1000/1
- Belmont: 1000/1
- Nicholls: 1000/1
- South Dakota State: 1000/1