Odds to Win March Madness

The Indiana Hoosiers are coming off a breakout season, defeating No. 1 Kentucky at home in December and advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time since playing in the National Championship game in 2002.

Oddsmakers have Indiana as the favorites to win the National Championship, priced at +700. Plenty of talent will return to Indiana, including sophomore center Cody Zeller and Christian Watford, who averaged 12.6 points per game last year. The Hoosiers will also bring back starters Victor Oladipo, Will Sheehey and Jordan Hulls, as well as the No. 5 recruiting class, highlighted by point guard Kevin Ferrell.
 
Following Indiana in the championship odds is Louisville, at +800. Rick Pitino will have plenty of returning players from a team that advanced to the Final Four. Starters Gorgui Dieng, Peyton Siva and Chane Behanan are back along with key bench players Russ Smith and Wayne Blackshear. Luke Hancock, who transferred from George Mason and the returning Mike Marra to the mix of experience and toughness that Pitino will have at his disposal this fall.

The defending national champions, Kentucky Wildcats, opened as +600 favorites to repeat this March but have dropped to +800 thanks to the mass exodus of talent to the NBA. The top six players from the team that won the National championship last season are going pro, leaving just Kyle Wiltjer and Jon Hood as returnees.

However, Kentucky once again boasts the best recruiting class in the country with future NBA stars in Nerlens Noel, Alex Poythress, Archie Goodwin and Willie Cauley.

Odds to Win March Madness

Indiana Hoosiers +700

Louisville Cardinals +800

Kentucky Wildcats +800

UCLA Bruins +1100

Michigan State Spartans +1800

Syracuse Orange +2000

Ohio State Buckeyes +2000

Kansas Jayhawks +2000

Duke Blue Devils +2000

North Carolina Tar Heels +2000

Missouri Tigers +2500

Florida Gators +3000

Arizona Wildcats +3000

Michigan Wolverines +3000

UNLV Rebels +3000

North Carolina State Wolfpack +3500

Memphis Tigers +4000

Pittsburgh Panthers +5000

Texas Longhorns +6000

Gonzaga Bulldogs +6000

Cincinnati Bearcats +6000

Georgetown Hoyas +6000

Vanderbilt Commodores +10000

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