MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Amid showers of Carolina-blue confetti and Nigel Willams-Goss’ tears, the 2017 college basketball season took its last lap shortly after midnight, and almost immediately the odds for next season’s champion bubbled up.
West Virginia opens at 25-to-1 to win it all in 2018, matching Butler for the 15th-best odds in the field.
Do the Mountaineers have enough to reach the Final Four in San Antonio? Or to catch Kansas in the Big 12 race? Or to better this season’s 28 wins?
Here’s a roster breakdown (with next season’s class status):
Guards
Jevon Carter, (6-2, Sr.