Will NCAA Tournament Be Arizona Invitational?
Big 12 Wildcats are Futures Favorites
The Arizona Wildcats are 22-0 as the college basketball season turns to February. They upped their perfect mark over the weekend with a rivalry victory over Arizona State.
The No. 1 team in the country is also the favorite in the futures market in March Madness odds at BetUS.
Players who think the Wildcats will win the national championship can get +400 odds entering the second month of the year.
Arizona has nine regular-season games left in conference, including six against Top 25 teams. A game on February 9 at Kansas sets up a stretch of four straight against ranked opponents.
The second team in futures is from the Big Ten. The Michigan Wolverines are 20-1 and 10-1 in conference play. They have won six in a row.
They are 5-0 against teams in the AP Top 25. College basketball odds have the Wolverines at +450 to win it all. Michigan has 10 games left, all but one in the Big Ten.
That Feb. 21 contest will be against fourth-ranked Duke. The Blue Devils are +650 in title odds. Cameron Boozer is a huge reason why Duke is so highly regarded.
Schools in Secondary Level of Futures Market
The other schools vying for the national championship have longer odds. Current odds to win March Madness have the Houston Cougars at +1000. This is another Big 12 school. Kelvin Sampson’s squad is 19-2.
It has four games against ranked teams left, with a back-to-back on Feb. 16 and 21 at Iowa State (+1400) and Arizona.
One concern for Houston bettors is that no matter how many chances the team has had with major talent, it has never won the NCAA men’s basketball championship.
UConn is 21-1 and 11-0 in the Big East. The Huskies’ lone loss was to Arizona by four points. UConn is listed at +1200 in college basketball lines to win it all.
Of interest on its upcoming schedule is a home game against St. John’s on Feb. 6 and a rematch at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 25. Rick Pitino and St. John’s find themselves at +6000. That could be tempting because the Red Storm has hit its stride after a sluggish start.
SEC Figures To Land Many NCAA Tournament Teams
The SEC is a gauntlet to get through. Teams knock each other off left and right. NCAAB picks and parlays can be a challenge to navigate with the SEC because it seems on any given night, one of the teams can derail the other, even if they are underdogs.
There is no better example of this than Texas A&M being +10000 to win it all.
Currently, the Aggies are 17-4 and atop the conference standings. Still, as of this writing, they are unranked.
Florida has six losses and is ranked 19th, Vanderbilt is 18th with three losses, Arkansas is 15th with six defeats, and Alabama is 23rd with six defeats.
In March Madness odds, the defending national champion Gators are +1800, which feels quite short the way they have played. Vandy is +3500, Alabama and Arkansas are +4000.
College basketball odds on familiar powerhouses: Kentucky (+8000), Michigan State (+3000), North Carolina (+7000), and UCLA (+12500).
College basketball is one of the sports where the only thing certain is uncertainty. Make sure to stay with BetUS to follow the changing odds in the futures market.
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March Madness is the ultimate test of skill, luck, and heart. With 68 teams battling for the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, a single buzzer-beater, Cinderella run, or shocking upset can bust brackets and shake up the College Basketball odds instantly.
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