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NCAA Basketball: Kentucky, Duke, Kansas Listed As National Title Favorites By Oddsmakers

By Brian Rauf

LAWRENCE, KS - JANUARY 30: Head coach John Calipari of the Kentucky Wildcats and head coach Bill Self of the Kansas Jayhawks greet each other prior to the game at Allen Fieldhouse on January 30, 2016 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
LAWRENCE, KS - JANUARY 30: Head coach John Calipari of the Kentucky Wildcats and head coach Bill Self of the Kansas Jayhawks greet each other prior to the game at Allen Fieldhouse on January 30, 2016 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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Vegas Oddsmakers have released what they think are the favorites to win the 2019 National Championship. Who should you put your bets on?

The 2018-19 NCAA basketball season is still months away, but with some key transferring picking their new schools and a few top prospects reclassifying to the 2018 recruiting class, there have been major changes to the national landscape.

Kentucky was already projected to be a top-five team and now, after Stanford transfer Reid Travis committed and five-star point guard Ashton Hagans reclassified to join the Wildcats this summer, have now become the national title favorite, according to Bovada’supdated national championship odds.

Duke entered the offseason as favorites thanks to the No. 1 incoming recruiting class, headlined by the top two prospects in the country in R.J. Barrett and Cam Reddish, but lost their entire starting lineup to the NBA Draft.

Both Kansas and defending champion Villanova lost four starters from their Final Four teams last season, but Vegas appears to have enough confidence in their stellar recruiting classes to keep them among the favorites.

Gonzaga rounds out the top five as the highest mid-major on the list, barely edging out Nevada. They are both consensus top-10 teams going into next season.

Here are the top 24 favorites to win the 2019 NCAA basketball national championship, according to Bovada:

Eight more teams are tied for 25th with +8000 odds.

Some other significant teams who did not make the top 24 include Florida State (+9000), Arizona (+10000), and Loyola-Chicago (+20000).

Next: Updated Preseason Top 25 for 2018-19

The 2019 Final Four will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Final Four games will be played on April 6 with the national championship game scheduled for April 8.

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