The conference tournaments are underway in NCAA men’s basketball right now — which means that we’re less than a week away from the opening round of the 68-team tournament that will determine the national championship. In the early going, we’ve seen some teams lose early in conference tournament play and see their likelihood of making the Big Dance drop significantly, such as Oklahoma, Middle Tennessee State, Washington and maybe even Arizona State. Take a look at the latest betting odds to win the national championship, along with some of our thoughts about each team.
Updated NCAA Basketball Championship Odds – March 9th
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Villanova
- 2018 NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 9/2
Duke
- 2018 NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 5/1
Virginia
- 2018 NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 6/1
Michigan State
- 2018 NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 8/1
Michigan
- 2018 NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 9/1
Kansas
- 2018 NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 10/1
North Carolina, Purdue
- 2018 NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 12/1
Wichita State
- 2018 NCAA Basketball Championship Odds: 14/1
- Florida, West Virginia, Arizona, Xavier, Cincinnati, Tennessee, Texas Tech 20/1
- Kentucky, Gonzaga 25/1
- Auburn, Ohio State 33/1
- Oklahoma, Missouri, Alabama, Texas A&M 40/1
- St. Mary’s (CA), Rhode Island, Clemson, Penn State (50/1)
- UCLA, Baylor, Seton Hall, TCU, Texas, Arizona State (66/1)