2024 College Basketball championship odds: UConn, Purdue remain co-favorites

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College Basketball

Updated Feb. 12, 2024 3:03 p.m. ET

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The men’s college basketball title race is heating up and two teams have separated from the rest of the field.

The UConn Huskies and Purdue Boilermakers are the co-favorites at +650 to win it all. Both teams moved up from +800.

As of Monday, defending national champion UConn has won 12 in a row to improve to 22-2.

Purdue is 22-2 and on an eight-game win streak as of Monday.

Third on the board are the Houston Cougars (21-3), who stayed put at +900.

Making a big move was Alabama (17-7), as the Crimson Tide have won 11 out of 13 games as of Monday. Alabama’s odds moved to +1800 from +2500.

Let’s look at the latest odds to cut down the nets after March Madness, with insight from FOX Sports’ John Fanta.

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

UConn Huskies +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total)

Purdue Boilermakers +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total)

Houston Cougars +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)

Arizona Wildcats +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)

Tennessee Volunteers +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)

North Carolina Tar Heels: +1600 (bet $10 to win $170 total)

Auburn Tigers: +1700 (bet $10 to win $180 total)

Alabama Crimson Tide: +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total)

Kansas Jayhawks +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)

Marquette Golden Eagles: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)

Iowa State Cyclones: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)

Duke Blue Devils +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)

Baylor Bears: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)

Wisconsin Badgers: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)

Illinois Fighting Illini: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)

BYU Cougars: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)

Creighton Bluejays: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)

Kentucky Wildcats +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)

Michigan State Spartans: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)

* odds as of 2/12/2024

John Fanta has been impressed by the Boilermakers, who swept Indiana by a combined 41 points after the Hoosiers swept Purdue last season.

Center Zach Edey had a game-high 26 points and 13 rebounds — his 13th game with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds this season — in the 79-59 victory over Indiana on Saturday.

“This rivalry redemption wasn’t just any sweep,” Fanta said. “The Boilermakers notched multiple 20-point wins over the Hoosiers for the first time since – get this – the 1933-34 season. Basketball was just a tad different during those times, as one of those games was decided by a final score of 47-13.”

Taking a big tumble was Kentucky, whose odds fell to +4500 from +1600 after losing three straight games at Rupp Arena for the first time since it opened in 1976.

Follow along with FOX Sports for the latest in college basketball. March Madness will be here before we know it!