2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship odds updated for February: Villanova improves, Kansas the favorites

VU Hoops | March 3, 2016

It's March and the madness will be starting very soon. In preparation, Bovada has updated their book for the 2016 Men's Basketball National Champion with Kansas being the current favorite at 5/1.

Jay Wright's Villanova squad has slightly improved from 16/1 in early February to its current position at 14/1 and is behind Xavier's 12/1 posting for the best odds from the BIG EAST.

Elsewhere through the conference, Providence is at 66/1, Butler is at 200/1, and Georgetown & Marquette are 500/1. Surprisingly, Seton Hall is not listed.

School	2/4/16 Odds	Current Odds
Kansas Jayhawks	12/1	5/1
Michigan State Spartans	12/1	5/1
North Carolina Tar Heels	6/1	9/1
Kentucky Wildcats	20/1	10/1
Oklahoma Sooners	15/2	12/1
Xavier Musketeers	20/1	12/1
Villanova Wildcats	16/1	14/1
Virginia Cavaliers	25/1	14/1
Duke Blue Devils	14/1	20/1
Maryland Terrapins	11/1	20/1
Iowa Hawkeyes	12/1	25/1
Wisconsin Badgers	200/1	25/1
Miami-Florida Hurricanes	28/1	28/1
Arizona Wildcats	33/1	33/1
California Golden Bears	100/1	33/1
Indiana Hoosiers	33/1	33/1
Iowa State Cyclones	25/1	33/1
Oregon Ducks	40/1	33/1
West Virginia Mountaineers	28/1	33/1
Wichita State Shockers	25/1	33/1
Purdue Boilermakers	25/1	40/1
Texas Longhorns	33/1	40/1
UConn Huskies	40/1	50/1
LSU Tigers	33/1	66/1
Providence Friars	40/1	66/1
Texas A&M Aggies	28/1	66/1
Utah Utes	200/1	66/1
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	150/1	75/1
Baylor Bears	150/1	100/1
Dayton Flyers	200/1	100/1
Pittsburgh Panthers	150/1	100/1
Syracuse Orange	50/1	100/1
Vanderbilt Commodores	100/1	100/1
Gonzaga Bulldogs	100/1	150/1
USC Trojans	100/1	150/1
Butler Bulldogs	100/1	200/1
Florida	100/1	200/1
Michigan	100/1	200/1
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