UW entered this season as the favorite to win the national title, winning overwhelmingly for the second year in a row. The Huskies aren't far from the top of the odds list for a third consecutive title, but BetMGM has Duke and Kansas leading as favorites to win the 2025 title.
The Blue Devils and Jayhawks are both +1100 and all-time. UConn is right behind them at +1200. Houston is 4th at +1400.
After winning the 2023 title, the Huskies opened at +1200 and won the 2024 title. They shared the top spot with Duke University and Kentucky University. Both teams had solid regular seasons, with Duke advancing to the Elite Eight, but as the season progressed, UW quickly emerged as the favorite to win. The Huskies had negative odds to win it all before advancing to the Final Four.
UW has already won back-to-back championships for the first time since 2007 and has a chance to become the first to win three straight since UCLA won seven in a row from 1967 to 1973. However, coach Dan Hurley will have plenty of replacements. Dominant center Donovan Clingan and freshman Stephon Castle are likely to turn pro. Both are projected to be first-round picks in the NBA Draft. Tristen Newton, the NCAA Tournament's Most Valuable Player, and Cam Spencer, the team's second-leading scorer, are leaving as fifth-graders. Even with all of these players gone, it's a huge confidence booster that Hurley still has UConn this high, even though the defending champions are never far from the top of the odds. is showing.
Duke, meanwhile, will likely lose Kyle Filipovski in the draft, but has acquired top recruits Cooper Flagg and Carman Maruachi, and Jeremy Roach is also expected to return. The Blue Devils are the No. 1 team in CJ Moore and Sam Bethenny's early Top 25 for next season. The pressure is always on at Duke, but big things will be expected from John Scheyer's third year.
The University of Kansas has always been in the spotlight as a perennial powerhouse under coach Bill Self, and entered this season in first place in the rankings. The Jayhawks lost a depleted roster through March to injuries and it showed, but Hunter Dickinson is expected to return and Self added Zeke Mayo from the team. Transfer portal. Mayo was named the Summit League Player of the Year at South Dakota State University and led the Jackrabbits to the NCAA Tournament.
The rest of the top 10 is filled out, as usual, by Will Blue Bloods. Kentucky, North Carolina, and Baylor are all +1800. Alabama and Arizona are +2000.
2025 Men's College Basketball National Championship Odds
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