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Bovada odds to win 2016 NCAA Tournament

By Patrick Schmidt

Apr 6, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Duke Blue Devils players and head coach Mike Krzyzewski hoist the championship trophy after defeating the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2015 NCAA Men
Apr 6, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Duke Blue Devils players and head coach Mike Krzyzewski hoist the championship trophy after defeating the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2015 NCAA Men /
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The odds to win the 2015-2016 college basketball national championship are out and Vegas likes the North Carolina Tar Heels to cut the nets down next April.

Two days after the Duke Blue Devils won their fifth national championship under head coach Mike Krzyzewski with a quarter of freshmen leading the way, the odds are already out for next year’s NCAA Tournament.

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Duke cut the nets down this year with Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow and Grayson Allen combining to score 60 of the team’s points, the most by freshmen in championship game history, but only Allen may return to next year’s team.

As a result, Duke isn’t the favorite to repeat as champions and instead are tied for fifth with the Kansas Jayhawks at 16/1.

Two ACC teams rank ahead of the Blue Devils with bitter rival North Carolina the betting favorite to win next year at 6/1. The Tar Heels were eliminated in the Sweet Sixteen , but could make a deep run if they don’t lose too many to the NBA Draft.

Marcus Paige, Justin Jackson, Kennedy Meeks and Brice Johnson could all return and if they all do, the Tar Heels will have their top-10 leading scorers returning in 2015. That’s a pretty good start for a championship run.

The Kentucky Wildcats may lose as many as seven players from their 38-1 team that lost in the Final Four but come in second behind UNC with 8/1 odds and have the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class to supplement the losses of the Harrison Twins and expected departures of Karl-Anthony Towns and Willie-Cauley Stein to the NBA.

Maryland is tied with Virginia for third place with 12/1 odds. The Terps return most of their starters from the No. 4 seed in the Midwest region and have incoming top recruit Diamond Stone to give Maryland their best chance at a title since Gary Williams’ teams a decade ago.

As for the team Duke beat in the title game on Monday, Bo Ryan’s Wisconsin Badgers are in a five-way tie for 14th at 33/1 odds. Those odds could improve if Sam Dekker bypasses the NBA Draft and returns but he’s expected to declare which would leave Wisconsin without he and Player of the Year, Frank Kaminsky as they attempt to make a third consecutive trip to the Final Four.

You can view the entire odds from Bovada here.

I don’t know about you but I’m gonna throw some money on one of the teams getting 300/1 odds. Let’s go DePaul!

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