2023 College Basketball odds: Purdue Boilermakers lone championship favorites

College Basketball

Updated Nov. 29, 2023 4:49 p.m. ET

The college basketball season is underway, and there’s one team that’s made its way to the top of the oddsboard as the favorite to cut down the nets come April in Glendale, Arizona.

The Purdue Boilermakers, at +1000, are the lone favorites to win it all at the end of the season.

Purdue is led by reigning National Player of the Year Zach Edey, a 7-foot-4 center.

The Arizona Wildcats are second on the board. They moved from +2500 at the start of the season to currently +1300.

Rounding out the top three are the Marquette Golden Eagles at +1400. The Eagles were +2000 early last week, but their 6-1 record helped them move up the board. Also helping boost Marquette’s odds were its 73-59 win over Kansas in November’s Maui Invitational.

Let’s take a look at the latest odds to cut down the nets after March Madness.

2023-24 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TITLE ODDS: *

Purdue Boilermakers +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)

Arizona Wildcats +1300 (bet $10 to win $140 total)

Marquette Golden Eagles +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)

Kansas Jayhawks +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)

UConn Huskies +1500 (bet $10 to win $160 total)

Duke Blue Devils +1500 (bet $10 to win $160 total)

Tennessee Volunteers +1500 (bet $10 to win $160 total)

Houston Cougars +1500 (bet $10 to win $160 total)

Creighton Bluejays +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)

Kentucky Wildcats +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)

Alabama Crimson Tide +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)

Baylor Bears +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)

Michigan State Spartans +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)

Gonzaga Bulldogs +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)

Florida Atlantic Owls +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total)

North Carolina Tar Heels +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)

Villanova +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)

UCLA Bruins +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)

Texas A&M Aggies +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)

Auburn Tigers +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)

USC Trojans +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)

Arkansas Razorbacks +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)

BYU +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)

Miami Hurricanes +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)

TCU Horned Frogs +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)

Kansas State Wildcats +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)

* odds as of 11/29/2023

Kentucky took a tumble on the odds list. The Wildcats were +1800 a little more than a week ago. Now the 6-1 Cats are +2000 to win the championship.

Kentucky, the betting favorite in the spring, saw eight scholarship players leave the team during the offseason, but Calipari brought in a powerhouse freshman class.

“For a blue blood to not have won multiple games in any NCAA Tournament since 2019 is an eyebrow-raiser, but Calipari brings in the nation’s No. 1 freshman class,” FOX Sports college basketball analyst John Fanta said. “That said, what college hoops has shown us, particularly in recent years, is that experience wins.”

Defending champion UConn’s odds are +1500 — slightly shorter than +1800, which is where the Huskies were heading into the summer.

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