Gophers are 100/1 odds to win national title in 2015

per this article from CBS:

Check out the full list of odds, courtesy of @BovadaLV:

Kentucky 5/1

Duke 9/1

Wisconsin 12/1

Kansas 14/1

Arizona 16/1

Florida 16/1

North Carolina 16/1

Louisville 25/1

Michigan State 25/1

Villanova 25/1

Wichita State 28/1

Iowa State 33/1

Michigan 33/1

SMU 33/1

Syracuse 33/1

Texas 33/1

Virginia 33/1

Gonzaga 40/1

Oklahoma 40/1

VCU 40/1

Ohio State 50/1

Oregon 50/1

UCLA 50/1

Iowa 66/1

Miami FL 66/1

Nebraska 66/1

San Diego State 66/1

UConn 66/1

Baylor 75/1

Colorado 75/1

Arizona State 100/1

Arkansas 100/1

Cincinnati 100/1

Dayton 100/1

Florida State 100/1

Georgetown 100/1

Georgia 100/1

Harvard 100/1

Indiana 100/1

Kansas State 100/1

LSU 100/1

Marquette 100/1

Maryland 100/1

Memphis 100/1

Minnesota 100/1

Missouri 100/1

Oklahoma State 100/1

Pittsburgh 100/1

Seton Hall 100/1

St. Louis 100/1

Stanford 100/1

Tennessee 100/1

UNLV 100/1

Illinois 150/1

NC State 150/1

Notre Dame 150/1

Ole Miss 150/1

Providence 150/1

St. John's 150/1

UMass 150/1

Alabama 200/1

California 200/1

Clemson 200/1

Creighton 200/1

George Washington 200/1

Georgia Tech 200/1

New Mexico 200/1

Purdue 200/1

USC 200/1

West Virginia 200/1

Vanderbilt 250/1

Xavier 250/1

BYU 300/1

Colorado State 300/1

LaSalle 300/1

Penn State 300/1

South Carolina 300/1

St. Joe's 300/1

Virginia Tech 300/1

Wake Forest 300/1

Washington 300/1

Boston College 500/1

Butler 500/1

DePaul 500/1

Richmond 500/1

Texas A&M 500/1

Texas Tech 500/1

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...wisconsin-early-favorite-to-win-2014-15-title

Go Gophers!!

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I hate Bucky but I really, really like money, so I'd be willing to drop some coin on them at 12:1. At the least it would ease some of the excruciating pain of them winning the national title.

I think my preferred bet would be Arizona at 16/1.

My preferred bet would be even money that Duke wins 27-30 games but then gets dumped before the Sweet 16.

SelectionSunday said:

My preferred bet would be even money that Duke wins 27-30 games but then gets dumped before the Sweet 16.

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Well, that's a tough bet. That scenario has happened exactly twice (2008 and 2012) in the 34 years Coach K has been at Duke. Granted, it's been twice in the last seven years, but you'd be money behind on that wager even in that timeframe.

Kentucky at 5:1 looks best to me. They are loaded.

tjgopher said:

Well, that's a tough bet. That scenario has happened exactly twice (2008 and 2012) in the 34 years Coach K has been at Duke. Granted, it's been twice in the last seven years, but you'd be money behind on that wager even in that timeframe.

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Which explains why I don't gamble (other than tourney brackets).

SelectionSunday said:

Which explains why I don't gamble (other than tourney brackets).

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I'm with you. Choose not to gamble.

Although, if there is some wager you can make in regard to picking which teams will make the field, you'd be retired by now!!!

I am definitely a Gopher optimist but do you think the odds are 1 in 100 Minnesota wins the National Championship? We somehow won 5 in a row to win the NIT, but 6 in a row to win the NCAA is hard to imagine for me. Kentucky at 5 to 1 seems like much better odds?

had we been one of the last four in for the 2014 tourney our odds to win would have been about 250:1
and that's with already being in the field of 68

had we been one of the last four in for the 2014 tourney our odds to win would have been about 250:1
and that's with already being in the field of 68

http://www.vuhoops.com/2014/3/17/55...odds-to-win-national-championship-and-regions

If I were to bet, although I never bet for money, I'd put a Benjamin Franklin on Kentucky.

I like UNC at 16-1.

By Carolina's standards they've had two "down" years in a row, so I wouldn't bank on Roy having three straight seasons where he's not competing for a national title. Marcus Paige would be my pick for 2015 national player of the year.

I'll probably toss a small amount of money each on Arizona and Wichita St. Good payoffs for teams that I think are relatively underrated by those odds, but still have a somewhat realistic chance to make a run

I'll take $25 bucks on the gophers….for a $2500 payout...

MadtownGopher said:

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