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Friday / March 29.
  • Oklahoma Now the Favorite to Win NCAA Title; Buddy Hield Favorite for Player of the Year

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    Oklahoma is now the favorite to win the NCAA Championship and Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield is the favorite to win Player of the Year honors.

     

    Odds to win the 2015-16 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship (Teams in red have longer odds, teams in blue have shorter odds, and teams in black stayed the same)         

    1/7/16               Current Odds (2/2/16)

    Oklahoma                     9/1                    6/1

    North Carolina               10/1                 15/2                 

    Iowa                             50/1                  12/1

    Kansas                         15/2                  12/1

    Maryland                       16/1                  12/1

    Michigan State              17/2                  12/1

    Duke                            12/1                  14/1

    Louisville                      16/1                  14/1

    Villanova                       22/1                  16/1

    Kentucky                      14/1                  20/1

    Xavier                           14/1                  20/1

    Iowa State                     28/1                  25/1

    Purdue                          16/1                  25/1

    Virginia                         14/1                  25/1

    Wichita State                 75/1                  25/1

    Miami FL                       28/1                  28/1

    Texas A&M                   50/1                  28/1

    West Virginia                 75/1                  28/1

    Arizona                         28/1                  33/1

    Indiana                          50/1                  33/1

    LSU                              16/1                  33/1

    Texas                           100/1                33/1

    Oregon                         100/1               40/1                      

    Providence                   33/1                  40/1     

    UConn                          33/1                  40/1

    Syracuse                      150/1                50/1

     

    Odds to win Naismith College Player of the Year

    Buddy Hield (Oklahoma)                        1/2

    Denzel Valentine (Michigan State)           13/4

    Ben Simmons (LSU)                              15/2

    Grayson Allen (Duke)                             10/1

    Kris Dunn (Providence)                          10/1

    Jakob Poeltl (Utah)                                20/1

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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