NCAA Tournament Championship Odds After Selection Sunday Bracket Reveal

• Top-seeded Gonzaga, which is 26-0, is favored to win the NCAA Tournament
• Ohio State’s odds improved from +2200 to +1400 when the brackets were revealed
• A look at odds for the entire 68-team field can be found below

Gonzaga is the lone unbeaten team in the nation, so it is only fitting that the Bulldogs have opened as the favorites to win the NCAA Tournament.

Gonzaga is 26-0 and got the top overall seed in the tournament and the #1 in the West Region. The Bulldogs open play Saturday against the winner of the Norfolk State-Appalachian State first-round game.

The Zags are the first team to enter March Madness unbeaten since Kentucky in 2015. The last team to win the tournament with a perfect record was Indiana in 1976.

Getting the other regional #1 seeds are Baylor (22-2) in the South, Illinois (23-6) in the Midwest, and Michigan (20-4) in the East.

2021 NCAA Tournament Championship Odds

Odds as of March 14 at BetMGM.

Ohio State Big Gainer

Ohio State was the team whose NCAA Tournament championship odds improved the most after the brackets were released Sunday evening. The Buckeyes opened at +1400 after being at +2200 at the start of the day.

Part of the reason Ohio State’s odds have gotten better is it had a strong Big Ten Tournament. The Buckeyes won three games in a row before losing to Illinois 91-88 in overtime Sunday in the championship game as a 6.5-point underdog.

Duane Washington Jr. had 32 Pts in the Big Ten title game.

He scored 92 Pts in the entire Big Ten Tournament, a record for a single Big Ten Tournament pic.twitter.com/gYwbdSBzYt

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 14, 2021

The Buckeyes finished the regular season on a four-game losing streak.

Ohio State (21-9) is the second seed in the South Region and will open Friday against #15 Oral Roberts (16-10). Should the Buckeyes advance, they will again be favored versus either #7 Florida (14-9) or #10 Virginia Tech (15-6) on Sunday.

FSU, Tide Also Rise

Despite losing to Georgia Tech 80-75 on Saturday night as a 4.5-point favorite in the ACC Tournament title game, Florida State’s odds also got better on Selection Sunday, going from +2267 to +1600.

Not the result we wanted. But we aren't done yet#NewBlood pic.twitter.com/cYnbFbol54

— Florida State Men’s Basketball (@FSUHoops) March 14, 2021

Seeded #4 in the East Region, Florida State (16-6) starts tournament play Saturday with a matchup against #13 UNC Greensboro (21-8). A win would advance the Seminoles to the third round against #5 Colorado (22-8) or #12 Georgetown (13-12).

Alabama’s odds also got better, going from +2033 to +1600. Earlier Sunday, the Crimson Tide edged LSU 80-79 in the SEC Tournament championship game, though it failed to cover the six-point spread.

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Alabama (24-6) is the #2 seed in the East the takes on Rick Pitino and #15 Iona (12-5) on Saturday. Should the Crimson Tide advance, it would play #7 UConn (15-7) or #10 Maryland (16-13) next Monday.

Houston Drops

Though it was seeded second in the Midwest Region a few hours after winning the American Athletic Conference tournament championship game in a laugher, Houston (24-3) got dinged by the oddsmaker. The Cougars are now +2000 choices after entering the day +1867.

Houston will face #15 Cleveland State (19-7) on Friday after rolling to a 91-54 victory over Cincinnati on Sunday as a 13.5-point favorite.

🔒 QU3NTIN GRIM3S 🔒#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs pic.twitter.com/g3TOsQPodi

— Houston Men's Hoops 🏀 🐾 (@UHCougarMBK) March 14, 2021

Should the Cougars get past the Vikings, as expected, they would face either Clemson (16-7) or Rutgers (15-11) in a third-round game.