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The 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament tipped off on Thursday and will be at the center of the sports betting world.
With sports betting now legal in 34 states, this year's March Madness opening round will likely include a record number of legal bets.
DraftKings Online Sportsbook has listed its final futures odds for the 2021-22 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship winner leading up to the afternoon slate of games and has Gonzaga (+300) listed as the team with the best odds.
The Bulldogs finished the 2021-22 regular season with a 26-3 (13-1 WCC) overall record and the top ranking in both the Associated Press and Coaches polls.
Gonzaga has made two national championship game and Final Four appearances since 2017, which included a 86-70 loss to Baylor in the National Championship Game, their only loss of the year.
Here's DraftKings' full list of odds for the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship ahead of the first round of play:
- Gonzaga (+300)
- Arizona (+550)
- Kansas (+850)
- Kentucky (+850)
- Baylor (+1200)
- Auburn (+1200)
- Villanova (+1600)
- Tennessee (+1600)
- Duke (+1600)
- UCLA (+1800)
- Purdue (+2000)
- Texas Tech (+2200)
- Iowa (+2200)
- Houston (+2800)
- Illinois (+5000)
- UConn (+8000)
- Wisconsin (+8000)
- Arkansas (+8000)
- Texas (+10000)
- Michigan State (+10000)
- Memphis (+10000)
- Saint Marys (+12000)
- North Carolina (+12000)
- LSU (+150000)
- Loyola Chicago (+15000)
- Michigan (+15000)
- Alabama (+15000)
- Virginia Tech (+15000)
- Ohio State (+20000)
- USC (+20000)
- Indiana (+20000)
- San Diego State (+20000)
- Providence (+20000)
- Boise State (+20000)
- San Francisco (+25000)
- Notre Dame (+25000)
- Davidson (+25000)
- TCU (+25000)
- Murray State (+25000)
- Miami FL (+30000)
- Marquette (+30000)
- Creighton (+35000)
- Colorado State (+35000)
- Vermont (+40000)
- Iowa State (+40000)
- UAB (+50000)
- Richmond (+50000)
- New Mexico State (+60000)
- Chattanooga (+60000)
- South Dakota State (+60000)
- Colgate (+70000)
- Longwood (+80000)
- Montana State (+80000)
- Yale (+80000)
- Cal State Fullerton (+10000)
- Norfolk State (+10000)
- Akron (+10000)
- Jacksonville State (+10000)
- Texas Southern (+10000)
- Wright State (+10000)
- Georgia State (+10000)
- Delaware (+10000)
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