Michigan 33/1 odds to win basketball national championship next year

Submitted by GoBlueGB on

Bovada released their odds for the national championship next year.  Michigan sits with the 4th best odds in the big ten.  Wonder what those odds would have been if Jaylen Brown worked out.  Any good bets out there?

Maryland 9/1
Duke 10/1
Kentucky 10/1
North Carolina 10/1
Kansas 16/1
Michigan State 16/1
Arizona 20/1
California 20/1
Iowa State 20/1
Virginia 20/1
Gonzaga 25/1
Indiana 25/1
Villanova 25/1
Wichita State 25/1
Oklahoma 28/1
Michigan 33/1
Purdue 33/1

Louisville 40/1
LSU 50/1
Notre Dame 50/1
Ohio State 50/1
Syracuse 50/1
Texas 50/1
Texas A&M 50/1
UConn 50/1
Utah 50/1
Wisconsin 50/1
Florida 66/1
Miami FL 66/1
SMU 66/1
Baylor 75/1
Butler 75/1
NC State 75/1
Auburn 100/1
Cincinnati 100/1
Dayton 100/1
Florida State 100/1
Georgetown 100/1
Georgia 100/1
Illinois 100/1
Iowa 100/1

Providence 100/1
San Diego State 100/1
UCLA 100/1
West Virginia 100/1 

 

Perkis-Size Me

May 22nd, 2015 at 3:37 PM ^

Don't be. OSU had a lot of guys graduate, many of whom were, in the grand scheme of things, not that good. D'Angelo Russell is gone, and he was the only guy on their team who was an all around threat last year.

Matta has recruited well for this upcoming season, but he's going to need one hell of a youth movement to push for a conference title or anything close to a Final Four. He had a boatload of talent on that team last year and did next to nothing with it.



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GoBlueGB

May 22nd, 2015 at 3:15 PM ^

I understand Wisconsin has Bo Ryan and will always compete, but 50/1 seems high for Wisconsin.  They have little outside Hayes this year. 

Bambi

May 22nd, 2015 at 3:18 PM ^

Cal has some pretty good odds there. I have to imagine if we got Brown we'd be higher than 20/1, or if they got Swanigan they'd be around 10/1.

Perkis-Size Me

May 22nd, 2015 at 3:50 PM ^

Favored? I don't know about that. I think that title belongs to Maryland right now.

But as you said, if everyone stays healthy, Michigan could definitely challenge for the conference title. I just don't think they're a favorite right now.



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Gucci Mane

May 22nd, 2015 at 3:26 PM ^

These odds are so far off, if you bet on every team to not win with these odds, you would make a huge profit.

jmblue

May 22nd, 2015 at 3:59 PM ^

Not really. Say you bet $100 on each of these teams not to win, given the reverse odds (1/9 for Maryland, 1/10 for Duke, etc.).  You'd make about $11 for Maryland losing, $10 for Duke losing, down to $1 for the teams in the Auburn/Cincy/Dayton bunch.  But then you'd lose $100 for whichever team did win it all.  I didn't do the math but you'd just make a modest profit.  

 

Gucci Mane

May 22nd, 2015 at 7:07 PM ^

I was curious so I just added up eaxh teams % according to these odds; the total comes out to 140.29%. That is well over the 100% it should be, I think betting on them all would certainly make a profit and depending on who wins make a big profit.

LSAClassOf2000

May 22nd, 2015 at 3:30 PM ^

It's hard to speak to the odds this far out, and I can't say I agree with all of them if it were me making the prediction, but if I were to make a very preliminary stab at the order of finish in the conference, then the order of Big Ten teams above actually would make a lot of sense to me. I see Michigan - and take my "no data" prediction for what it is worth - in about that spot in the conference standings (hopefully higher, of course - we are going to be pretty damn good, I think). 

That, and I see Villanova at 25/1 and the part of me still bitter about my ESPN bracket wants to ask, "Really? That high, eh?"

Perkis-Size Me

May 22nd, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^

Makes sense. There's a ton of depth and experience on the team right now.

If everyone stays healthy, and the guys go through the expected Camp Sanderson jump, they could push for a conference title and a solid tournament run.



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swan flu

May 22nd, 2015 at 4:42 PM ^

So with basketball at 33/1 and football at 40/1... If you were given $100 and had to put it on one or the other(can't split it, can't do anything else with it), which do you bet on?