Odds to Win the 2011 NCAA Basketball Championship
Odds to win the 2011 NCAA Basketball Championship had the Ohio Buckeyes as favorites at +350, which would pay out $35 for every $10 bet and $350 for every $100 bet.
"I think Ohio State is the best team," ESPN analyst Jay Bilas said last week. But not unbeatable, as Wisconsin and Purdue proved in a span of eight days.
The Buckeyes also have the misfortune of being placed in the toughest bracket.
"There's four legit national champion contenders in the same bracket," said Mike Colbert, who runs books at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, M Resort, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Tropicana. "Ohio State, North Carolina, Syracuse and Kentucky. It's a loaded bracket. It doesn't make any sense."
Another top seed, Duke, pays $450 for every $100 bet. Duke had been the favorite to win up until Selection Sunday.
There are injury concerns still surrounding Duke standout Kyrie Irving.
“He’s a great asset to our team,” the junior forward Miles Plumlee said of Irving. “But I don’t know if people forgot, you know, we won it last year without Kyrie. Nolan and Kyle were a huge part of that, and everyone else got a lot better, so, you know, we’d love to have him back, but we got all the pieces to get it done.”
Another number one seed, Kansas, comes in with +450 odds.
Pittsburgh is another team expecting to make the Final Four with a payout potential of $800 on every $100 bet should they win the 2011 NCAA Basketball Championship.
"I think we're going to make this run in the NCAA tournament and bring it back to the city of Pittsburgh,” said Ashton Gibbs, Pittsburgh’s leading scorer. “We're going to get to the Final Four this year. It's motivation to get that Final Four. It's something we're going to do. I'm just telling you, that's what we're going to do this year. We're going to get to the Final Four."
All Odds to Win The 2011 NCAA Championship appear below.
Arizona +6000
BYU +5000 – pays $5000 for every $100 bet. Place your bet here
Belmont +50000
Butler +20000
Cincinnati +20000
Clemson +100000
Connecticut +3500 – pays $3500 for every $100 bet. Place your bet here
Duke +450 – pays $450 for every $100 bet. Place your bet here
Field (Any Other Team Not Mentioned Here) +7500
Florida +1800 – pays $1800 for every $100 bet. Place your bet here
Florida St +30000
George Mason +20000
Georgetown +6000 – pays $6000 for every $100 bet. Place your bet here
Georgia +30000
Gonzaga +10000
Illinois +2000
Kansas +450 – pays $450 for every $100 bet. Place your bet here
Kansas St +3500
Kentucky +2500
Louisville +2000
Marquette +20000
Memphis +10000
Michigan +20000
Michigan St +10000
Missouri +10000
North Carolina +1500 – pays $1500 for every $100 bet. Place your bet here
Notre Dame +2500 – pays $2500 for every $100 bet. Place your bet here
Oakland +100000
Ohio St +350 – pays $350 for every $100 bet. Place your bet here
Old Dominion +20000
Pittsburgh +800 – pays $800 for every $100 bet. Place your bet here
Purdue +2000
Richmond +50000
San Diego St +1000
St Johns +15000
Syracuse +2500
Temple +2000
Tennessee +20000
Texas +2000 – pays $2000 for every $100 bet. Place your bet here
Texas A&M +20000
UCLA +7500
UNLV +20000
USC +50000
Utah St +20000
Vanderbilt +15000
Villanova +10000
Washington +4000
West Virginia +10000
Wisconsin +5000
Xavier +10000
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
