Kentucky’s 2013-14 Championship odds slightly better than last year’s

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Now that Andrew Wiggins has made his college choice (you're not really expecting me to put a link on that, are you?) the Vegas sports books have begun releasing their odds for the 2013-14 college basketball national title. Bovada and Vegas Insider both dropped today, and they both have Kentucky as the favorite with 5/1 odds (bet $1 to win $5).

This is better than last year's favorite –  Indiana – which had 7/1 odds. Right behind Indiana was Kentucky, with 15/2 odds. And pretty much every expert in the nation had Kentucky in their top 3 to start the season. Of course, they ended in the NIT, while the Hoosiers fell in the Sweet 16. The champion last season (Louisville) began with 8/1 odds, while the runner up (Michigan) was at 20/1.

Eight teams begin this season with odds as good as Michigan's were or better.

Here is this year's complete list:

Kentucky	5/1
Kansas	11/2
Louisville	17/2
Michigan State	12/1
Duke	14/1
Arizona	15/1
North Carolina	16/1
Florida	18/1
Ohio State	18/1
Syracuse	25/1
Connecticut	33/1
Indiana	33/1
Memphis	33/1
Michigan	33/1
Colorado	40/1
UCLA	40/1
Baylor	50/1
Creighton	50/1
Georgetown	50/1
Gonzaga	50/1
Iowa	50/1
Marquette	50/1
Missouri	50/1
NC State	50/1
New Mexico	50/1
Oklahoma State	50/1
Pittsburgh	50/1
St. Louis	50/1
VCU	50/1
Wisconsin	50/1
Butler	66/1
Illinois	66/1
Minnesota	66/1
St. John's	66/1
Tennessee	66/1
UNLV	66/1
Villanova	66/1
Virginia	66/1
Wichita State	66/1
Florida State	75/1
Notre Dame	75/1
Alabama	100/1
Arizona State	100/1
BYU	100/1
California	100/1
Cincinnati	100/1
Iowa State	100/1
Kansas State	100/1
Miami Florida	100/1
Ole Miss	100/1
Oregon	100/1
Purdue	100/1
San Diego State	100/1
Stanford	100/1
Texas	100/1
Vanderbilt	100/1
West Virginia	100/1
Arkansas	150/1
Boise State	150/1
Colorado State	150/1
Dayton	150/1
LSU	150/1
St. Mary's	150/1
Temple	150/1
USC	150/1
Georgia	200/1
Georgia Tech	200/1
Harvard	200/1
Maryland	200/1
Oklahoma	200/1
Texas A&M	200/1
Washington	200/1
Washington State	200/1
Xavier	200/1
Clemson	250/1
Davidson	250/1
South Carolina	250/1
St. Joe's	250/1
Virginia Tech	250/1
Wake Forest	250/1
Boston College	500/1
Mississippi State	500/1
Northwestern	500/1

 

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