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The top-seeded Villanova Wildcats (28-3, 15-3 Big East) still managed to win the national championship last season despite losing the Big East tournament championship game.
The Wildcats are overwhelming -130 favorites (bet $130 to win $100) to get the job done this year, though, at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.
Villanova fell to the third-seeded Seton Hall Pirates, 69-67, as a six-point favorite in the 2016 Big East title game before reeling off six consecutive wins to earn the school’s second national championship. This season, the Wildcats put together yet another stellar campaign, losing just one more game in conference play than they did last year.