Vegas Odds: 2010 NCAA Tournament

Odds to win the title:

Kansas: 23% ($100 wins $340)
Kentucky: 19% ($100 wins $430)
Syracuse: 8% ($100 wins $1,100)
Duke: 7% ($100 wins $1,300)
WVU: 4% ($100 wins $2,600)
Ohio State: 3.5% ($100 wins $2,700)
Georgetown: 3.5% ($100 wins $2,700)
Kansas State: 3% ($100 wins $3,450)
Villanova: 3% ($100 wins $3,450)
Baylor: 2.5% ($100 wins $4.300)

The 10 teams above are the only teams with a better than 50 to 1 chance of winning.

Kansas, Kentucky, and Syracuse have COMBINED odds of 50%. Would you rather have those three teams or the field?

The bottom 25 teams have COMBINED odds of less than 1% than any one of them will win the title.

58% chance a #1 seed will win the title.

87% chance at least ONE #1 seed will make the Final Four.

33 to 1 longshot that ALL FOUR #1 seeds will make the Final Four.

Surprisingly low 15 to 1 odds against a #16 will beat a #1 (over double the chance of all four #1’s making the Final Four)

Kansas is the only team favored over the other 15 teams to win their region. The other three #1 seeds are underdogs to win the region vs. the other 15 teams in their region.

80% chance that at least one #12 seed will win a game.

60% chance that at least one #14, #15, #16 seed will win a game.

Which odds surprise you the most?