Michigan State returns three of its top four scorers from last season’s Final Four club, has a Hall of Fame coach in Tom Izzo and features the potential preseason favorite to win national player of the year: Cassius Winston. So it should come as no surprise that the Spartans are the favorite to win it all in 2019-20
The Spartans have the depth, talent and momentum to pick up where they left off last season in Minneapolis, and updated betting odds from the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook have them (still!) as the outright favorite to win the title next April in Atlanta at 6-1 odds. Trailing closely behind them is Kentucky at 8-1, Kansas at 8-1, Duke at 10-1 and North Carolina at 10-1. A host of other programs enter the picture between 14-1 and 25-1.
While the best odds suggest they are accompanied by the best teams, not all happen to be the best bets. So let’s take a spin at some teams I like — and some I don’t followed by the latest odds on each team from Westgate.
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Best bets
Bad bets
Long shots
2020 NCAA championship odds
— Odds via Westgate Superbook
Team | Open April 8, 2019 |
Current September 16, 2019 |
---|---|---|
Michigan State | 8-1 | 6-1 |
Kentucky | 7-1 | 8-1 |
Kansas | 20-1 | 8-1 |
Duke | 8-1 | 10-1 |
North Carolina | 14-1 | 10-1 |
Louisville | 20-1 | 14-1 |
Memphis | 80-1 | 14-1 |
Villanova | 14-1 | 18-1 |
Virginia | 7-1 | 20-1 |
Florida | 60-1 | 20-1 |
Gonzaga | 14-1 | 25-1 |
Arizona | 20-1 | 30-1 |
Oregon | 20-1 | 30-1 |
Texas Tech | 30-1 | 30-1 |
LSU | 80-1 | 40-1 |
Maryland | 80-1 | 40-1 |
Baylor | 100-1 | 40-1 |
Auburn | 30-1 | 60-1 |
Florida State | 40-1 | 60-1 |
Houston | 40-1 | 60-1 |
Purdue | 60-1 | 60-1 |
Ohio State | 80-1 | 60-1 |
Seton Hall | 80-1 | 60-1 |
Xavier | 80-1 | 60-1 |
Michigan | 12-1 | 80-1 |
Tennessee | 30-1 | 80-1 |
Washington | 80-1 | 80-1 |
Illinois | 100-1 | 80-1 |
Southern Cal | 100-1 | 80-1 |
Mississippi State | 30-1 | 100-1 |
Texas | 40-1 | 100-1 |
Marquette | 50-1 | 100-1 |
Cincinnati | 60-1 | 100-1 |
Iowa | 60-1 | 100-1 |
Iowa State | 60-1 | 100-1 |
Syracuse | 60-1 | 100-1 |
Creighton | 80-1 | 100-1 |
Arizona State | 100-1 | 100-1 |
Georgia | 100-1 | 100-1 |
UCLA | 100-1 | 100-1 |
Utah State | 200-1 | 100-1 |
VCU | 200-1 | 100-1 |
West Virginia | 100-1 | 100-1 |
Wisconsin | 100-1 | 100-1 |
Alabama | 100-1 | 200-1 |
Colorado | 100-1 | 200-1 |
Indiana | 100-1 | 200-1 |
Minnesota | 200-1 | 200-1 |
NC State | 200-1 | 200-1 |
Oklahoma | 200-1 | 200-1 |
Ole Miss | 100-1 | 200-1 |
UConn | 100-1 | 200-1 |
Missouri | 200-1 | 300-1 |
Penn State | 200-1 | 300-1 |
Butler | 300-1 | 300-1 |
Georgetown | 300-1 | 300-1 |
Kansas State | 300-1 | 300-1 |
Nebraska | 300-1 | 300-1 |
New Mexico State | 300-1 | 300-1 |
Notre Dame | 300-1 | 300-1 |
Oklahoma State | 300-1 | 300-1 |
Oregon State | 300-1 | 300-1 |
Providence | 300-1 | 300-1 |
Saint Mary’s | 300-1 | 300-1 |
Wichita State | 300-1 | 300-1 |
Davidson | 1000-1 | 300-1 |
Harvard | 1000-1 | 300-1 |
Texas A&M | 100-1 | 500-1 |
Arkansas | 300-1 | 500-1 |
Miami | 300-1 | 500-1 |
Missouri State | 300-1 | 500-1 |
Saint Louis | 300-1 | 500-1 |
TCU | 300-1 | 500-1 |
Utah | 300-1 | 500-1 |
Virginia Tech | 300-1 | 500-1 |
Boise State | 500-1 | 500-1 |
UC-Irvine | 500-1 | 500-1 |
Northwestern | 500-1 | 500-1 |
Pittsburgh | 500-1 | 500-1 |
Rutgers | 500-1 | 500-1 |
San Diego State | 500-1 | 500-1 |
SMU | 500-1 | 500-1 |
South Carolina | 500-1 | 500-1 |
St. Bonaventure | 500-1 | 500-1 |
Stanford | 500-1 | 500-1 |
Temple | 500-1 | 500-1 |
Vanderbilt | 500-1 | 500-1 |
South Florida | 2000-1 | 500-1 |
St. John’s | 200-1 | 1000-1 |
Nevada | 300-1 | 1000-1 |
New Mexico | 500-1 | 1000-1 |
Belmont | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Buffalo | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
BYU | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
California | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
UCF | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Charleston | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Clemson | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Dayton | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
DePaul | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Fresno State | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Georgia Tech | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Grand Canyon | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Liberty | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Lipscomb | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Loyola-Chicago | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Northern Iowa | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Old Dominion | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Penn | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
UNLV | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Western Kentucky | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Yale | 1000-1 | 1000-1 |
Vermont | 2000-1 | 1000-1 |
Rhode Island | 1000-1 | 2000-1 |
San Francisco | 1000-1 | 2000-1 |
Wake Forest | 1000-1 | 2000-1 |
Washington State | 1000-1 | 2000-1 |
Austin Peay | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Ball State | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Boston College | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Bowling Green | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Bradley | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Central Michigan | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Coastal Carolina | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Colorado State | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Cal State-Fullerton | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Drake | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Duquesne | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
East Tennessee State | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Florida Atlantic | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Florida International | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Furman | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
George Mason | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Georgia Southern | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Georgia State | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Hawaii | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Hofstra | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Iona | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Jacksonville State | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Kent State | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Louisiana | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Louisiana-Monroe | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
La Salle | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Long Beach State | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Loyola Marymount | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Marshall | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Montana | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Murray State | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
UNC Greensboro | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
North Texas | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Northeastern | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Northern Kentucky | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Oakland | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Princeton | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Richmond | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
San Diego | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
South Alabama | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
South Dakota State | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Southern Miss | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
St. Joseph’s | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Texas State | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Toledo | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Tulsa | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
UAB | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Cal-Santa Barbara | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Texas-Arlington | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
UTSA | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Wofford | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Wright State | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Louisiana Tech | 2000-1 | 2000-1 |
Utah Valley | 2000-1 | 5000-1 |
UTEP | 2000-1 | 5000-1 |
Valparaiso | 2000-1 | 5000-1 |
William & Mary | 2000-1 | 5000-1 |