NCAA tournament odds: Vegas backing favorite Kentucky

Kentucky is a 6-to-5 favorite to win the NCAA tournament, per Bovada. The Wildcats are even money, according to the Las Vegas Superbook.

USA Today’s For the Win blog helps put these unprecedented odds into perspective:

The site also reports that Kentucky is the biggest favorite in modern NCAA tournament history.

Here are the betting lines for this year’s tournament, courtesy Bovada:

Odds to win the NCAA title:

Kentucky (1): 6/5

Arizona (2): 15/2

Wisconsin (1): 17/2

Duke (1): 9/1

Villanova (1): 10/1

Virginia (2): 10/1

Gonzaga (2): 16/1

Notre Dame (3): 25/1

Iowa State (3): 33/1

Utah (5): 33/1

Kansas (2): 40/1

Michigan State (7): 40/1

North Carolina (4): 40/1

Baylor (3): 50/1

Oklahoma (3): 50/1

Wichita State (7): 50/1

Louisville (4): 66/1

Northern Iowa (5): 66/1

Maryland (4): 75/1

SMU (6): 75/1

Arkansas (5): 100/1

Butler (6): 100/1

Georgetown (4): 100/1

LSU (9): 100/1

Ohio State (10): 100/1

Providence (6): 100/1

Texas (11): 100/1

VCU (7): 100/1

West Virginia (5): 100/1

St. John’s (9) 150/1

Xavier (6): 150/1

BYU (11): 200/1

Indiana (10): 200/1

Iowa (7): 200/1

NC State (8): 200/1

Ole Miss (11): 200/1

Oregon (8): 200/1

Purdue (9): 200/1

San Diego State (8): 200/1

Boise State (11): 300/1

Cincinnati (8): 300/1

Davidson (10): 300/1

Dayton (11): 300/1

Georgia (10): 300/1

Oklahoma State (9): 300/1

SF Austin (12): 300/1

UCLA (11): 300/1

Wyoming (12): 300/1

Albany (14): 500/1

Belmont (15): 500/1

Buffalo (12): 500/1

E. Washington (13): 500/1

Georgia State (14): 500/1

Harvard (13): 500/1

New Mexico State (15): 500/1

North Dakota State (15): 500/1

Northeastern (14): 500/1

Texas Southern (15): 500/1

UAB (14): 500/1

UC Irvine (13): 500/1

Valparaiso (13): 500/1

Wofford (12): 500/1

Coastal Carolina (16): 1000/1

Hampton (16): 1000/1

Lafayette (16): 1000/1

Manhattan (16): 1000/1

North Florida (16): 1000/1

Robert Morris (16): 1000/1