College Basketball Conference Odds
The College Basketball season tips off on Friday, November 14th with a full slate of action including 23 of the 25 teams currently ranked in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 poll. Although no lines are currently available, bettors will be interested to view our new and improved free NCAAB odds page featuring the latest odds, public betting trends, injuries and futures.
Speaking of futures, earlier this offseason we posted an article which compared the National Championship odds at a number of offshore sportsbooks with two different rankings — the USA Today Coaches Poll and Ken Pomeroy’s power ratings. Until recently, those futures were essentially the only College Basketball related betting opportunity. Most sportsbooks will not post win totals for College Basketball, while prop bets like “Player of the Year” typically aren’t released until much later in the season.
That changed recently when the well-respected sportsbook, the Greek, posted futures for all six major conferences: the ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC.
Over the past few years, many of these conferences have undergone transformations of Bruce Jenner-eqsue proportions leaving them unrecognizable shells of their former selves. Former Big East power houses Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Notre Dame and Louisville now reside in new-look ACC. The Big 12 now has just ten teams while the Big Ten now has 14 members. In the immortal words of Lionel Hutz, “This is the most blatant case of false advertising since my suit against the movie The Neverending Story.”
The tables below display the current NCAA regular season conference odds at The Greek for each of the six major conferences:
ACC Odds
Big 12 Odds
Big East Odds
Big Ten Odds
Pac-12 Odds
SEC Odds
There are a number of interesting discrepencies between these conferences futures and the championship futures, but one of the most obvious concerns North Carolina and Louisville. Although both teams are listed at +250 to win the ACC, UNC’s odds of winning the national title (+1000) are significantly better than Louisville’s (+2500). Part of this is due to the popularity of North Carolina among square bettors.
It’s also noteworthy that Providence and Xavier are both listed at +25,000 to win the National Championship but Xavier (+350) has a better chance to win the Big East than Providence (+500). This is made all the more intriguing when you consider that KenPom ranks the Friars (53) ahead of the Musketeers.
Do you agree with these odds? Will you be taking any conference futures? Are Duke, Kansas, Arizona and Kentucky really locks to win their respective conferences? Please leave your thoughts in the comment section below.
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