March Madness Most Outstanding Player Odds – Flagg Favored, But Who’s the Best Pick?

• Duke’s Cooper Flagg is the +250 favorite to win March Madness Most Valuable Player Award
• The next five choices all feature players from #1 seeds as we get set for the Sweet 16
• See the full March Madness MVP odds below plus analysis of the best value bet

The Men’s March Madness has reached the Sweet 16, with Duke the favorite over Florida to win the national championship in the March Madness champion odds. Odds have been posted on who will come out on top as tournament MVP, and as expected, the top choices are players who are #1 seeds and have the shortest odds to win the tournament.

March Madness Most Outstanding Player Odds

The odds point towards presumptive 2025 first overall NBA Draft odds pick Cooper Flagg to win MVP at +250. He’s followed by Florida Gators guard Walter Clayton Jr. at +600 and Auburn Tigers power forward Johni Broome at +800.

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Odds as of March 26 at DraftKings. Download the best March Madness betting apps.

Cooper Flagg The Betting Favorite

The Duke Blue Devils are searching for their first national champonship since 2015, and as Cooper Flagg goes, they go. He led the team in points (18.7), rebounds (7.5) and assists (4.2) per game, earning ACC rookie of the year and player of the year. He suffered an ankle injury during the ACC Tournament, but shook that off to record a combined 32 points, 16 rebounds and eleven assists in the first two rounds of the March Madness.

Flagg is obviously the consensus favorite and most talked about player, but I don’t love investing money on a player with such +250 odds so I’m looking a little more down the board for some value. For an Arizona Wildcats vs Duke Blue Devils Sweet 16 preview, SBD’s Sascha Paruk has you covered.

Walter Clayton Jr. the Second Favorite

Followed by Cooper Flagg is Florida Gators senior guard Walter Clayton Jr. at +600. He received first-team All-SEC honors, averaging 17.9 points and 4.2 assists per contest. In the tournament, the slick guard has put up 23 points in both outings, leading the Gators to a 26-point first round victory and a tight two-point win over two-time defending champion UConn.

Clayton Jr. is one of four players (Flagg, Johni Broome, Braden Smith) nominated as a finalist for the Naismith Trophy identifying the nations top player. At +600 the odds are tempting, but I’m holding off because I have a different national champion in mind. The eventual winning team has produced the tournament MVP every year since Hakeem Olajuwon won it in 1983 with the Houston Cougars. For a Maryland Terrapins vs Florida Gators Sweet 16 preview, Eric Rosales has his best bet.

March Madness Tournament MVP Prediction

At +800 odds, Auburn Tigers power forward Johni Broome is the sweet spot between a realistic champion, and also some value. A winning $10 ticket on him, for example, would pay out $80 plus the original $10 stake. Auburn is a #1 seed, and they won their first two duels by 20 and twelve points.

Broome led the Tigers this season with 18.4 points per game, was eighth in the nation with 10.7 rebounds per outing, and also led the team in assists (3.0). In the first two rounds, Broome has grabbed a whopping 23 boards en route to the two victories.

This campaign, Broome won the SEC Player of the Year, and while his scoring touch hasn’t been fine tuned yet in the tournament, these upcoming games are what he’ll be judged on, should Auburn come out on top. For the Michigan Wolverines vs Auburn Tigers Sweet 16 preview, Eric Rosales has another intriguing selection.

• Tournament MVP pick: Johni Broome (Auburn): +800