Villanova edges out the NCAA’s overall No. 1 seed, Virginia, in March Madness title odds posted by Bovada. The very famous Duke Blue Devils are the two seed with the friendliest odds, while Xavier has the longest numbers of any one seed.
Villanova’s your March Madness favorite, but you can bet on South Dakota State to win the whole thing, if you really want to
Here are odds for each team in the 2018 NCAA tournament.
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From No. 1 through No. 68:
- Villanova 6/1
- Virginia 13/2
- Duke 8/1
- Kansas 10/1
- Arizona 12/1
- Cincinnati 12/1
- Michigan State 12/1
- Purdue 12/1
- Michigan14/1
- North Carolina 14/1
- Xavier 14/1
- Gonzaga 15/1
- Kentucky 16/1
- West Virginia25/1
- Tennessee 40/1
- Texas Tech 40/1
- Missouri 45/1
- Wichita State 45/1
- Auburn 60/1
- Ohio State 80/1
- Florida 90/1
- Houston 100/1
- Clemson 150/1
- Miami 150/1
- Rhode Island 150/1
- Texas A&M 150/1
- TCU 150/1
- Oklahoma 200/1
- San Diego State 200/1
- Texas 200/1
- Alabama 250/1
- Arkansas 250/1
- Davidson 250/1
- Loyola-Chicago 250/1
- NC State 250/1
- Seton Hall 250/1
- Butler 300/1
- UCLA 300/1
- Creighton 350/1
- Florida State 350/1
- Arizona State 500/1
- Kansas State 500/1
- Marshall 500/1
- Montana 500/1
- Nevada 500/1
- New Mexico State 500/1
- Providence 500/1
- Stephen F. Austin 500/1
- Syracuse 500/1
- Virginia Tech 500/1
- Wright State 500/1
- Bucknell 700/1
- Buffalo 1000/1
- CS Fullerton 1000/1
- College of Charleston 1000/1
- Georgia State 1000/1
- Iona 1000/1
- Lipscomb 1000/1
- Long Island 1000/1
- UMBC 1000/1
- Murray State 1000/1
- NC Central 1000/1
- NC Greensboro 1000/1
- Radford 1000/1
- Pennsylvania 1000/1
- South Dakota State 1000/1
- St. Bonaventure 1000/1
- Texas Southern 1000/1
The Wildcats have almost everything you’re looking for in a national title pick.
It starts with an elite veteran point guard in Jalen Brunson, a player who already has a national championship to his name and might be college basketball’s player of the year this season. Brunson’s co-star is Mikal Bridges, a redshirt junior wing who has worked himself into an NBA lottery pick by playing lockdown defense and developing into a dead-eye three-point shooter.
Omari Spellman is the quality starting center Villanova lacked last season when he was ruled ineligible by the NCAA as a true freshman. Spellman is Villanova’s best three-point shooter by percentage (44 percent), a good rebounder, and enough of a deterrent at the rim to challenge shots. Villanova also has a pair of guards in Donte DiVincenzo and Phil Booth who can provide supplemental scoring and pickup the offense if the stars are having an off night.
It all leads back to Jay Wright and the ability to execute his vision for what this program stands for. Villanova has six redshirt players on the roster, standing as the antithesis of the one-and-done powerhouses built by Duke and Kentucky.
Wright has already led Villanova to one national title just two years ago. This team is good enough to win another.
Anyway, I’ll now be investing my 401K in Lipscomb.
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